Original sentence: (Peackocks main mast fell at this point.) An American prize crew went aboard Peacock and tried to plug the holes below the waterline and throw the guns overboard to lighten the brig, but Peacock sank suddenly.Although Peacock was more lightly armed than Hornet, mounting eighteen 24-pounder carronades to Hornets eighteen 32-pounder carronades, the overwhelming defeat was more probably due to poor training and lack of practice at the guns.It was said that Captain Peake had concentrated on the appearance of his command rather than its fighting efficiency.Peacock was so badly damaged that she sank shortly after surrendering
Edited sentence: Although Peacock was more lightly armed than Hornet, mounting eighteen 24-pounder carronades to Hornets eighteen 32-pounder carronades, the overwhelming defeat was more probably due to Peacock being rigged as a brig and Hornet rigged as a ship.An American prize crew went aboard Peacock and tried to plug the holes below the waterline and throw the guns overboard to lighten the brig, but Peacock sank suddenly.Even slight damage such as the loss of one topmast would disable Peacock, while Hornet would still have steerage way if the same damage was inflicted upon her.Furthermore, poor training and lack of practice at the guns made the crew unprepared aboard Peacock.In the case of the Peacock, this disadvantage was exaggerated by Captain Peake because he concentrated on the ship's appearance resulting in minimalist rigging.Peacock was so damaged that she sank shortly after surrendering.This disadvantage that brigs had over ship-rigged vessels lead the British to develop flush deck sloops that were ship-rigged in response to the American ship-rigged sloops.This resulted in the Cyrus-class ship-sloops.With only two masts, Peacock would have less rigging to shoot away before she would be unable to maneuver