Constellation and President arrived at Tripoli on the ninth with Samuel Barron in command; Preble was compelled to relinquish his command of the squadron to Barron, who was senior in rank.[eighty five] Constitution was requested to Malta to the eleventh for repairs and, though en route, captured two Greek vessels aiming to supply wheat into Tripoli

She was associated with a severe collision With all the English brig Self-confidence, chopping her in half, which sank Along with the lack of her captain. The surviving crew members have been carried back to The usa, exactly where Constitution was put in common Yet again, this time within the Brooklyn Navy Garden, in January 1851.[181]The captain t