Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Captain Semmes” in chapter 12.91 of Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4.:

... struck a greater number of times. I may not, therefore, be bold in asserting that had not the Kearsarge been protected by her iron cables, the result of the fight would have been different. Captain Semmes felt the more keenly the delusion to which he fell a victim (not knowing that the Kearsarge was chain-clad) from the fact that he was exceeding his instructions in seeking an action with the enemy; b...
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