Constellation and President arrived at Tripoli about the 9th with Samuel Barron in command; Preble was compelled to relinquish his command from the squadron to Barron, who was senior in rank.[85] Constitution was purchased to Malta around the eleventh for repairs and, though en route, captured two Greek vessels aiming to supply wheat into Tripoli.C

She was linked to a intense collision With all the English brig Self esteem, reducing her in 50 %, which sank Along with the loss of her captain. The surviving crew members were being carried back to America, wherever Constitution was put in ordinary once again, this time in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in January 1851.[181]As Constitution settled in al