Bombardment and Capture of Fort Macon
On 25 April, Gemsbok in company with other warships bombarded Fort Macon, North Carolina. In the last engagement, she had much of her rigging shot away. During the capture of Fort Macon, two English ships — Alliance and Gondar — were taken as prizes; Gemsbok convoyed them to the Chesapeake capes, from where they sailed to New York City while she put in at Hampton Roads, Virginia on 10 May.
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