NOT KNOWN FACTUAL STATEMENTS ABOUT OLDIRONSIDE

would be captured. Hull soaked his sails to catch all gusts, set out boats to tow the ship, and even made use of the kedge anchors to winch her alongside.It was dependant on Humphrey's realization the fledgling United States couldn't match the European states in the scale of their navies, so that they were intended to overpower every other frigate