THE BEST SIDE OF OLD IRONSIDE

Her trouble-plagued voyage continued on 13 February when her rudder was broken for the duration of weighty storms, leading to a total lack of steering Command, Along with the rudder smashing to the hull at random. A few crewmen went in excess of the stern on ropes and boatswain's chairs and secured it. Another early morning, they rigged A brief ste

Constellation and President arrived at Tripoli over the 9th with Samuel Barron in command; Preble was pressured to relinquish his command of your squadron to Barron, who was senior in rank.[eighty five] Structure was ordered to Malta within the eleventh for repairs and, though en route, captured two Greek vessels trying to produce wheat into Tripol