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But a single month later on, she met with one of them once again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the main shot on the legendary struggle; twenty minutes afterwards, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so poorly ruined that she was not truly worth towing to port.off Brazil on December 29. A British shot wrecked her helm, but by steering

As early as 1991, Commander David Cashman experienced recommended that Structure should really sail to rejoice her 200th anniversary in 1997 as an alternative to getting towed. The proposal was authorized, although it absolutely was considered a sizable endeavor since she experienced not sailed in over one hundred many years.Now the oldest U.S. wa