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1. Who was the best-known naval hero from Scotland that sailed

to the British Isles and defeated the British warship Serapis?

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Born in Scotland in 1747, Jones came to America as a merchant sailor. When the American Revolution broke out, Jones sided with the colonists and joined the Continental Navy, with his greatest victory coming from his against-all-odds defeat of the British warship Serapis in 1779.

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