SPIKING OF THE CANNONS STATUE, WHITHAVEN, CUMBRIA, ENGLAND.
THE SPIKING OF THE CANNONS STATUE IS A REMINDER OF THE INVATION OF COMMANDER OF JOHN PAUL JONES IN APRIL 1778.

JOHN PAUL JONES 
INFAMOUS AS THE COMMANDER OF THE LAST INVASION OF ENGLAND, JOHN PAUL JONES WAS ACTUALLY BORN IN SCOTLAND IN 1747. THE YOUNG JOHN PAUL DID NOT ADD JONES TO HIS NAME UNTIL 1773. FROM AN EARLY AGE HE WANTED TO GO TO SEA, AND IN 1759 HE WAS SENT TO WHITEHAVEN BY RELATIVES TO SERVE OUT HIS TIME. ALTHOUGH STILL A MERE BOY, JOHN PAUL OBTAINED THE APPOINTMENT OF THIRD MATE ON THE KING GEORGE OF WHITEHAVEN, A VESSEL ENGAGED IN THE SLAVE TRADE. IN 1766 HE BECAME CHIEF MATE OF THE JAMAICAN OWNED THE TWO FRIENDS, ANOTHER SLAVE SHIP. BY 1768 JOHN PAUL HAD BECOME SICKENED WITH THE SLAVE TRADE AND FOUND A PASSAGE HOME, BUT HAD TO TAKE COMMAND WHEN THE CAPTAIN AND FIRST MATE DIED OF YELLOW FEVER. THE AMBITIOUS YOUNG SAILOR APPLIED FOR, AND RECEIVED, A COMMAND IN THE NEWLY-FLEDGED US CONGRESSIONAL NAVY.
HE BECAME FIRST LIEUTENANT OF THE ALFRED UNDER CAPTAIN SALTONSTALL AND WAS GIVEN HIS FIRST COMMAND IN 1777 ON THE SHIP RANGER. THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE SAW JOHN PAUL'S RETURN TO BRITISH WATERS. SAILING FROM FRANCE, HE ARRIVED OFF THE COAST OF WHITEHAVEN ON APRIL 22ND 1778. THAT NIGHT, HE AND HIS CREW INVADED THE TOWN, SPIKING CANNONS AND SETTING LIGHT TO VESSELS ANCHORED IN THE HARBOUR.

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