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Captain Edward Preble requested to take command of Constitution inside a letter dated fourteen Might 1803[sixty five] as his flagship and made preparations to command a completely new squadron for a 3rd blockade attempt. The ship was recommissioned on 20 May well.[sixty six] The copper sheathing on her hull needed to be replaced and Paul Revere pro

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