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Captain Edward Preble requested to choose command of Constitution in the letter dated fourteen Might 1803[65] as his flagship and designed preparations to command a brand new squadron for a third blockade attempt. The ship was recommissioned on twenty May possibly.[sixty six] The copper sheathing on her hull needed to get replaced and Paul Revere e

incident in 1807 delayed her reduction, and Campbell narrowly averted a mutiny by his homesick crew. Constitution" Preble demanded that one other ship determine herself as well as stranger replied, "This is often His Britannic Majesty's ship Donegal, 84 guns, Sir Richard Strachan, an English commodore." He then commanded Preble, "Deliver your boat