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By Battle of Flamborough Head Storyteller
Free cancellation available
Price is €6 per adult

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h
  • Mobile voucher
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Overview

    • Hear the storey of the Battle of Flamborough Head from a costumed guide
    • Learn about the most significant naval battle in American history
    • Discover how the battle turned the tide of the Revolutionary War
    • Listen to original letters from eyewitnesses for a historically accurate account
    • Get answers to your questions about the battle and Captain John Paul Jones

Activity location

    • Filey
    • Filey, England, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • 28 The Beach Rd, Filey YO14 9LF, UK | Meet at the shelter next to the children's fun park at the coble landing end of the promenade.
    • Filey, England, United Kingdom

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Filey Bay: Battle of Flamborough Head Storytelling Tour

  • Activity duration is 1 hour1h
    1h
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
€5.82 x 1 Adult€5.82
Total
Price is €5.82
Until Fri, 11 Sept

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Storytelling of the Battle of Flamborough Head
  • Inclusions
    Historical insights from original letters
  • Inclusions
    Information on the final resting place of the Bonhomme Richard
  • Inclusions
    Details about Captain John Paul Jones

Know before you book

    • Not suitable for: Children under 10 years
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

  • Meet your guide, dressed as one of the captains from the battle, and hear the storey of the Battle of Flamborough Head. Learn about the most significant naval battle in American history, which took place on 23rd September 1779 in Filey Bay, and was used by Benjamin Franklin to turn the tide of the Revolutionary War.

    Hear about the battle fought between a Franco-American squadron of four ships and two Royal Navy ships escorting a convoy of 41 ships full of supplies heading for the naval dockyards in Chatham.

    Listen to your guide use original letters from the eye witnesses to tell a historically accurate description. Following extensive research, your guide can answer questions on the final resting place of the Bonhomme Richard and the Father of the American Navy, Captain John Paul Jones.

Location

Activity location

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    • Filey
    • Filey, England, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • 28 The Beach Rd, Filey YO14 9LF, UK | Meet at the shelter next to the children's fun park at the coble landing end of the promenade.
    • Filey, England, United Kingdom