Constellation and President arrived at Tripoli over the ninth with Samuel Barron in command; Preble was forced to relinquish his command on the squadron to Barron, who was senior in rank.[85] Constitution was requested to Malta on the eleventh for repairs and, when en route, captured two Greek vessels trying to deliver wheat into Tripoli.Now the ol

But one month later, she met with one of these again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the very first shot from the famous fight; twenty minutes later, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so badly weakened that she wasn't well worth towing to port.The captain traveled to Virginia and done his have study of the ship's demands. He noted th