Attempt of a Brazilian Slaver to run down H. M. S. V. Phoenix, on the Coast of Africa, 1850. '...the exciting cry of 'Sail, oh!' from the mast-head induced us to get up sooner did she [the Dos Amigos] perceive we were an English cruiser (and a steamer to boot), than scoundrels, driven to desperation at their being captured, put her helm up, and filled, and ran right into us (no doubt, thinking we were a paddle-wheel steamer, with the intent of damaging the wheels). However, our old craft (ugly as she is) bore the shock [the slaver] then dropped astern cle
Attempt of a Brazilian Slaver to run down H. M. S. V. Phoenix, on the Coast of Africa, 1850. '...the exciting cry of 'Sail, oh!' from the mast-head induced us to get up sooner did she [the Dos Amigos] perceive we were an English cruiser (and a steamer to boot), than scoundrels, driven to desperation at their being captured, put her helm up, and filled, and ran right into us (no doubt, thinking we were a paddle-wheel steamer, with the intent of damaging the wheels). However, our old craft (ugly as she is) bore the shock [the slaver] then dropped astern clear of the ship, a perfect wreck, her bowsprit completely unshipped, lying over her starboard bow; her masts gone by the board, lower masts consequence of the crippled and unseaworthy state she was in, [we] held a survey on her next day, and burnt her'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.
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