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Hull departed for France on five August 1811, transporting the new Ambassador Joel Barlow and his loved ones; they arrived on one September. Hull remained near France plus the Netherlands in the winter months, frequently holding sail and gun drills to keep the crew Completely ready for possible hostilities With all the British.As a barracks ship in

incident in 1807 delayed her relief, and Campbell narrowly averted a mutiny by his homesick crew. ConstitutionBut a single thirty day period later, she fulfilled with one of them once again -- the frigate Guerriere. The British ship fired the initial shot from the famous fight; twenty minutes later, Guerriere was a dismasted hulk, so badly destroye