Associated Press

MYSTIC  — Officials at a Mystic sea research and education foundation think they’re close to finding the Revolutionary War ship of John Paul Jones.

The Ocean Technology Foundation says it’s launching a fifth expedition soon to search for the wreck of the Bonhomme Richard in the North Sea near England.

The vessel sank in September 1779 after a battle in which Jones is said to have shouted to a British vessel’s captain, "I have not yet begun to fight!"

Jones and his sailors won the 1779 battle, but the Bonhomme Richard burned and sank. Researchers say the wreckage is likely in several pieces on or under the ocean floor.

Several wrecks in the region have been explored in recent years, but turned out to be newer ships.

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