nine o'clock
The admiral on the station thought so too , when Reud took the ship into Port Royal . He superseded the black pilot , and took upon himself to con the ship ; the consequence was , that she hugged the point so closely , that she went right upon the church steeple of old Port Royal , which is very quietly lying beside the new one , submerged by an earthquake , and a hole was knocked in the ship 's forefoot , of that large and ruinous description which may be aptly compared to the hole in a patriot 's reputation , who has lately taken office with his quondam opponents . With all the efforts of all the fleet , that sent relays of hands on board of us to work the pumps , we could not keep her afloat ; so we were obliged , first putting a thrummed sail under her bottom , to tow her alongside of the dockyard wharf , lighten her , and lash her to it . The same evening , by nine o'clock , she had an empty hull , and all the ship 's company and officers were located in the dockyard , and preparations were made , the next day , for heaving the frigate down . It was the opinion of everybody that , had not our skipper been the nephew of a very high official of the Admiralty , he would have been tried by a court-martial , for thus attempting to overturn submarine churches and cracking the bottom of his Majesty 's beautiful frigate . As it was , we were only ordered to be repaired with all haste , and to go home , very much , indeed , to the satisfaction of everybody but the captain himself . However , I must retrograde .