The Dutch ship sank, survivors were rescued by Charkieh and Constitution, a passing tug.

[6] In a subsequent court case, the Egyptian government claimed that since Charkieh was flying the ensign of the Ottoman Navy, there being no separate flag for Egyptian government vessels, she fell under the designation of a warship and was therefore immune from legal proceedings by the Dutch owners.

The claim was rejected by the High Court of Admiralty on the grounds that Charkieh had arrived with a commercial cargo from Egypt and "if a sovereign assumes the character of a trader, and sends a vessel belonging to him to this country to trade here, he must be considered to have waived any privilege which might otherwise attach to the vessel as the property of a sovereign".

Coal consumption was cut by 0.85 long tons (860 kg) per day for a loss of 0.04 knots (0.074 km/h) in speed.

[1] Charkieh was wrecked on 22 September 1900, in Karystos Bay, en route to Piraeus, Greece from Alexandria during a gale.