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| 13 | 432 | For an ugly View more quotes about moment">moment the ship canted sharply to starboard and we shipped water through the thole ports, but then the other ship, with her shearing blade, passed, and the Rena righted herself, but rocked helplessly, lame in the water. |
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| 13 | 429 | Some of the oars were torn from the thole ports. |
| 13 | 430 | Others were snapped off or half broken, the inboard portions of their shafts, with their looms, snapping in a stemward arc, knocking slaves from the benches, cracking against the interior of the hull planking. |
| 13 | 431 | I heard some men cry out in pain, ribs or arms broken. |
| 13 | 432 | For an ugly moment the ship canted sharply to starboard and we shipped water through the thole ports, but then the other ship, with her shearing blade, passed, and the Rena righted herself, but rocked helplessly, lame in the water. |
| 13 | 433 | From my point of view the battle was now over. |
| 13 | 434 | I looked at the officer. |
| 13 | 435 | "Take the key," I said, "and release the other slaves". |