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Mr. Denny said, “Craziest thing I’ve ever seen, sir. Hardly enough wind to make sternway, and the waves are pounding us to pieces.”

It now remained to be seen whether she would gather sternway before her sharp stem crashed into the other destroyer amidships.

With a sickening jerk, as if the little craft were parting amidships, the patrol-boat stopped and gathered sternway.

Then taking sternway she backed on her enemy, and the rigging and an anchor becoming entangled, she could not get off.

The ship was now gathering sternway, drifting rapidly to lee'ard the while.