In 1625 the Danish vessel, Jupiter was lost off the coast of Odisha in Bengal along with its men and goods, which resulted in the imprisonment of the captain and his crew by local Bengali authorities.

[5] When the Bengali captain (a Nakoda) saw the Fortuna he figured that resistance was to be useless, and so he jumped into a boat with some ambergris and other goods and fled.

[9][8][4] During the rest of Leyel's regime St Michael would be one of four Danish ships that were active in the East Indies.

It lost both anchors and the crew were stranded on a coast near Narasapuram, though they managed to safe the ship by cutting the mainmast.

[11][4] In February 1645 it was sent to a Dutch shipyard at Cotiari to be repaired,[11] and later in 1645 it would set sail for Queda (Kedah) on the basis of trade.