Her dilemma-plagued voyage continued on thirteen February when her rudder was weakened all through significant storms, resulting in a total loss of steering Handle, with the rudder smashing to the hull at random. Three crewmen went over the stern on ropes and boatswain's chairs and secured it. The subsequent early morning, they rigged a temporary s

But one month later on, she achieved with one of them yet again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the first shot with the legendary battle; 20 minutes later, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so terribly broken that she wasn't worth towing to port.off Brazil on December 29. A British shot wrecked her helm, but by steering specifically