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Captain Edward Preble purchased to choose command of Structure in a letter dated fourteen May well 1803[sixty five] as his flagship and designed preparations to command a fresh squadron for a 3rd blockade attempt. The ship was recommissioned on twenty Could.[sixty six] The copper sheathing on her hull needed to get replaced and Paul Revere equipped

Captain Isaac Hull, who had been appointed Constitution's commanding officer in 1810, set to sea July 12, without the need of orders, to avoid getting blockaded in port. His intention was to hitch the five ships of Rodgers' squadron." Preble demanded that the opposite ship identify herself plus the stranger replied, "This can be His Britannic Majes