North Channel naval duel
...that HMS Drake was so ill-prepared for action against John Paul Jones's Ranger that musket balls had to be passed round in a hat during the North Channel naval duel, 24 April 1778?
...that <i id="mwGC0"><a href="./HMS_Drake_(1777)" id="mwGC4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="HMS Drake (1777)">HMS Drake</a></i> was so ill-prepared for action against <a href="./John_Paul_Jones" id="mwGC8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Paul Jones">John Paul Jones</a>'s <i id="mwGDA"><a href="./USS_Ranger_(1777)" id="mwGDE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Ranger (1777)">Ranger</a></i> that <a href="./Musket" id="mwGDI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Musket">musket</a> balls had to be passed round in a hat during the <b id="mwGDM"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./North_Channel_naval_duel" id="mwGDQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Channel naval duel">North Channel naval duel</a></b>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="./24_April" id="mwGDU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="24 April">24 April</a> <a href="./1778" id="mwGDY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1778">1778</a>?