The Batavian flotilla that the British captured was under the command of naval Captain Blots Van Treelong.

Little is known of the 413 tons burthen Pylades;[2] the Dutch reported that she was an English vessel that they had captured at the beginning of the war, i.e., in 1803.

[3] The British commissioned Surinam under Commander Kenneth M'Kenzie, of Guachapin, but he transferred almost immediately to Hippomenes.

His replacement was Commander Henry Waring, formerly captain of Serapis, which had been part of the naval squadron at the capture of Surinam.

[4] Prize money in the amount of £32,000 was paid in March 1808 to the officers and crew of the Royal Navy vessels involved in the capture of the colony of Surinam.