 By August 28 , the storm began to re @-@ intensify , after curving north @-@ northwestward near The Bahamas . At 0000 UTC on the following day , Faith peaked as a 125 mph ( 205 km / h ) Category 3 hurricane Saffir – Simpson hurricane scale . Eventually , the storm weakened back to a Category 2 hurricane and re @-@ curved to the northeast . One person drowned in the western Atlantic after his ship sank . Heavy rainfall and strong winds pelted Bermuda , though no damage occurred . The storm maintained nearly the same intensity as a Category 2 hurricane for several days , while tracking northeastward into the far North Atlantic Ocean . Faith finally weakened while north of Scotland and became extratropical near the Faroe Islands on September 6 . Three other drowning deaths occurred in the North Sea near Denmark . A fifth death occurred after a man succumbed to injuries sustained during a boating incident related to the storm . 
