- 38-gun
frigate HMS Sybille,
which gave
chase and
which Surcouf managed to
outsail by
throwing eight guns overboard,
along with
various other implements....
-
could and
threw everything possible overboard. This
allowed their ships to
outsail the
English squadron. The
Dutch squadron thus
escaped due to Evertsen's...
- sail propulsion. The Baden-Baden
crossed the
Atlantic in 1926. It
could outsail normal schooners under moderate to
heavy winds, but was destro**** by a...
- Zalm had been able to
withdraw to Cochinchina.
Dutch vessels were able to
outsail the
pursuing Chinese ships by
sailing close to the wind,
since European...
- when they
engaged the
Royal Navy's 28-gun
frigate Fox,
which tried to
outsail her
American enemies. Han**** gave
chase and soon
overhauled Fox, which...
- crew
easily took
Dawson to
safety at Savannah, Georgia. Wasp
managed to
outsail her pursuer;
after sailing through a
hurricane that cost her both her masts...
- 1814.
Enterprise was
compelled to
jettison most of her guns in
order to
outsail her
superior antagonist. The brig
reached Wilmington,
North Carolina, on...
- the
ideal hull of a
Canton trader should look like, one that .. 'would
outsail anything afloat' ... "He
incorporated John W. Griffiths'
ideas concerning...
-
closed on them, the
copper sheathing on some of his
ships allowing them to
outsail the Spanish. The
whole convoy was captured,
except for one
merchant vessel...
-
Caton (64) and
Destin (74), and two
smaller vessels.
Wallace attempted to
outsail them but,
outgunned as he was, soon felt he had
little option but to allow...
