Constellation and President arrived at Tripoli on the ninth with Samuel Barron in command; Preble was pressured to relinquish his command of the squadron to Barron, who was senior in rank.[eighty five] Constitution was requested to Malta on the 11th for repairs and, whilst en route, captured two Greek vessels aiming to deliver wheat into Tripoli.Co

She was involved with a intense collision Together with the English brig Self-assurance, reducing her in 50 percent, which sank Together with the lack of her captain. The surviving crew associates were being carried back to The united states, in which Constitution was put in common once again, this time on the Brooklyn Navy Garden, in January 1851.