WHAT DOES OLD IRONSIDE MEAN?

Constitution was becalmed and not able to run from your 5 British ships, but Hull acted over a suggestion from his Very first Lieutenant Charles Morris. He ordered the crew to put boats around the side to tow the ship out of selection, using kedge anchors to attract the ship ahead and wetting the sails to benefit from each individual breath of wind

Constitution during the chase Constitution was recommissioned in December with Captain John Rodgers all over again using command to supervise a major refitting. It had been overhauled at a cost just below $a hundred,000; even so, Rodgers inexplicably didn't thoroughly clean her copper sheathing, primary him to afterwards declare her a "slow sailer"