OLD IRONSIDE - AN OVERVIEW

Her problem-plagued voyage ongoing on 13 February when her rudder was weakened during weighty storms, leading to a complete loss of steering control, with the rudder smashing to the hull at random. 3 crewmen went about the stern on ropes and boatswain's chairs and secured it. The subsequent early morning, they rigged a temporary steering procedure.

She was involved in a significant collision With all the English brig Self confidence, reducing her in 50 percent, which sank Along with the loss of her captain. The surviving crew members were carried back again to The usa, wherever Constitution was set in standard Once more, this time in the Brooklyn Navy Property, in January 1851.[181]Commemorat