Originally Posted by Parihaka

As regards the chain I was going to mention it as the Yanks best chance, especially mixed with grape, unfortunately they've all been so busy discussing whether they'd have the bottle I clean forgot.
I suspect the Victory's captain would consider his weight superiority enough justification to pound the Constitutions hull.
One full broadside of chain/grape from the Constitution, esp. from those caronades on the up-roll could do a lot of disabling. Problem being you'd need to close to acheive it, and flying an American flag like Cochrane wouldn't really do.