But a single month later on, she satisfied with one of them once more -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the primary shot of the legendary battle; twenty minutes afterwards, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so terribly destroyed that she wasn't worthy of towing to port.off Brazil on December 29. A British shot wrecked her helm, but by

As early as 1991, Commander David Cashman had suggested that Constitution really should sail to rejoice her 200th anniversary in 1997 as opposed to getting towed. The proposal was approved, although it had been thought to be a significant enterprise due to the fact she experienced not sailed in around a hundred years.The captain traveled to Virgin