He used trickery to lose six pursuing blockaders. She signaled her sister blockaders and gave chase. Whitehouse performed at the Tower in 1983, supported by Ramleh and The New Blockaders. During the blockade, "Reina Mercedes" traded blows with the American blockaders. Finally, parties from the blockaders set the ship ablaze and destroyed her by shelling. Within an hour the "Hercules" was spotted and great excitement broke out amongst the blockaders. The ships successfully eluded the blockaders and escaped the bay. Hecklers and blockaders created such a disturbance that police had to disperse the non-marchers.