OLD IRONSIDE SECRETS

Hull departed for France on five August 1811, transporting the new Ambassador Joel Barlow and his family members; they arrived on 1 September. Hull remained near France and also the Netherlands through the Wintertime months, continuously holding sail and gun drills to keep the crew ready for probable hostilities with the British.Her mainmast break

Captain Edward Preble requested to take command of Constitution in a letter dated fourteen Might 1803[sixty five] as his flagship and produced preparations to command a different squadron for a third blockade try. The ship was recommissioned on twenty Could.[sixty six] The copper sheathing on her hull needed to get replaced and Paul Revere equipped