John Paul Jones, USS Bonhomme Richard and a satellite image of the U.K.
A British raconteur says he found the wreckage of Capt. John Paul Jones’ flagship, USS Bonhomme Richard, but across the Atlantic historians and Navy officials aren’t as certain.
In November, a five-person team at Merlin Burrows, an English satellite imagery firm, announced they had pinpointed the wreck of Bonhomme Richard close to the Yorkshire shore.
Combining data from historical accounts of Bonhomme Richard’s Sept. 23,...