OLD IRONSIDE FUNDAMENTALS EXPLAINED

But a single month later on, she satisfied with one of these yet again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the very first shot with the famous struggle; 20 minutes later on, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so poorly broken that she was not worthy of towing to port.off Brazil on December 29. A British shot wrecked her helm, but by steer