OLDIRONSIDESFAKES - AN OVERVIEW

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.[85] Constitution was ordered to Malta over the eleventh for repairs and, while en route, captured two Greek vessels trying to supply wheat into Tripoli.As Consti

Her dilemma-plagued voyage ongoing on 13 February when her rudder was broken for the duration of weighty storms, causing a total lack of steering Regulate, Together with the rudder smashing into your hull at random. A few crewmen went over the stern on ropes and boatswain's chairs and secured it. The subsequent early morning, they rigged a temporar