incident in 1807 delayed her relief, and Campbell narrowly averted a mutiny by his homesick crew. Constitution " Preble demanded that another ship determine herself and the stranger replied, "This is often His Britannic Majesty's ship Donegal, 84 guns, Sir Richard Strachan, an Engli

Hull departed for France on five August 1811, transporting the new Ambassador Joel Barlow and his spouse and children; they arrived on 1 September. Hull remained in the vicinity of France along with the Netherlands through the Winter season months, continually holding sail and gun drills to maintain