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She was associated with a serious collision with the English brig Assurance, cutting her in 50 %, which sank With all the loss of her captain. The surviving crew users had been carried back to The us, in which Structure was set in regular Once more, this time with the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in January 1851.[181]Commemorative stamp, 150th anniversary i

Her issue-plagued voyage ongoing on 13 February when her rudder was ruined in the course of large storms, leading to a total lack of steering Regulate, Together with the rudder smashing to the hull at random. 3 crewmen went more than the stern on ropes and boatswain's chairs and secured it. The next early morning, they rigged a temporary steering s