OLDIRONSIDE FAKES NO FURTHER A MYSTERY

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] Structure was purchased to Malta over the eleventh for repairs and, though en route, captured two Greek vessels attempting to produce wheat into Tripoli.Comm

But just one month later, she met with one of them all over again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the primary shot with the famous fight; 20 minutes afterwards, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so poorly broken that she was not worth towing to port.off Brazil on December 29. A British shot wrecked her helm, but by steering instantly