The crew of a merchant ship also destroyed by the Germans that night.
One crew destroyed seven trains in a single sortie.
Soon thereafter Cotton's crew set their ship afire and destroyed her to prevent capture.
And, Turner knew, if they could at all, the crew of the Ulysses would destroy him.
During the assault, the following night her crew destroyed an enemy suicide boat only 25 yards from the ship.
Two days later, her crew destroyed the bark to prevent her falling into Southern hands.
Her crew destroyed her in an explosion the following day.
There was an incorporeal entity aboard, and the ship's crew destroyed themselves to prevent its escape.
"But you won't know that until they leave or the crew destroys the ship."
The crews of the privateers destroyed their vessels and the island surrendered without any further resistance.