OLD IRONSIDE SECRETS

Constitution was becalmed and not able to run with the 5 British ships, but Hull acted with a recommendation from his 1st Lieutenant Charles Morris. He requested the crew to put boats in excess of the side to tow the ship outside of vary, using kedge anchors to draw the ship forward and wetting the sails to make the most of just about every breath

Hull departed for France on five August 1811, transporting the new Ambassador Joel Barlow and his family; they arrived on one September. Hull remained near France as well as the Netherlands with the winter months, regularly holding sail and gun drills to help keep the crew Prepared for feasible hostilities With all the British.But one month later,