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incident in 1807 delayed her relief, and Campbell narrowly averted a mutiny by his homesick crew. ConstitutionHer mainmast split off the coast of Bermuda on 27 March, necessitating immediate fix. Stewart set a course for Boston, wherever British ships HMS Junon and Tenedos commenced pursuit on 3 April. Stewart ordered ingesting h2o and food items

Constitution was becalmed and unable to run through the 5 British ships, but Hull acted over a suggestion from his First Lieutenant Charles Morris. He purchased the crew to put boats more than the side to tow the ship outside of selection, making use of kedge anchors to attract the ship forward and wetting the sails to reap the benefits of each bre