[3] Captain Robert Haly (or Haley, or Hayley) received a letter of marque for Somersetshire on 9 March 1811.

[4] Under the command of Alexander Scott, Somersetshire sailed from Spithead, England on 10 May 1814, and arrived at Port Jackson on 17 October.

[8] Somersetshire sailed from Plymouth on 20 December 1841, under the command of Charles Motley (or Mottley), and arrived at Hobart Town on 30 May 1842.

The mutineers' plan was to murder the officers, place in the ship's boats those who would not join the mutiny, and then sail to South America.

[11] It is not clear how the officers discovered the plot, but Captain Motley decided to put into Table Bay.