ocr: celebrated master of the sea fight if he thought Constitution had been something new in naval warfare. "Lord yes, this big frigate was an admi- rable innovation; it gave your Navy an im- mense sense that they could take on anybody, and they did. The Royal Navy did not have such: scamen as you had." The captain of Constitution: agreed. "Yes, she has pretty thick sides, but I say the iron in Old Ironsides was in the men who manned her. They were highly trained and motivated vol- unteers." At that stage of the Napoleonic Wars Britain's navy contained many inexperienced landsmen, the resentful har ...
