Captain Edward Preble ordered to choose command of Constitution inside a letter dated 14 May perhaps 1803[65] as his flagship and made preparations to command a new squadron for a third blockade endeavor. The ship was recommissioned on twenty Could.[sixty six] The copper sheathing on her hull required to be replaced and Paul Revere supplied the cop

Hull departed for France on 5 August 1811, transporting the new Ambassador Joel Barlow and his household; they arrived on one September. Hull remained in the vicinity of France and the Netherlands with the Winter season months, constantly Keeping sail and gun drills to help keep the crew Completely ready for achievable hostilities with the British.