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Constellation and President arrived at Tripoli on the ninth with Samuel Barron in command; Preble was forced to relinquish his command from the squadron to Barron, who was senior in rank.[eighty five] Constitution was requested to Malta around the 11th for repairs and, though en route, captured two Greek vessels seeking to provide wheat into Tripol

She was involved in a intense collision with the English brig Self-confidence, cutting her in 50 percent, which sank with the lack of her captain. The surviving crew customers have been carried again to The united states, where Structure was set in everyday Once more, this time within the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in January 1851.[181]The captain travele