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Hull departed for France on 5 August 1811, transporting the new Ambassador Joel Barlow and his family; they arrived on one September. Hull remained in close proximity to France and also the Netherlands throughout the winter months, continually Keeping sail and gun drills to help keep the crew Prepared for feasible hostilities Together with the Brit

Captain Edward Preble ordered to just take command of Structure in a very letter dated 14 May perhaps 1803[65] as his flagship and manufactured preparations to command a new squadron for a third blockade try. The ship was recommissioned on twenty May perhaps.[66] The copper sheathing on her hull needed to be replaced and Paul Revere provided the co