However, the Government cancelled the invasion following a peace treaty with Spain and the EIC released the vessels it had engaged.
The captains of all the vessels sued the EIC for reimbursement for expenses consequent on the delay to their homeward bound journeys, and for the eight regular ships, the additional risks involved in the detours to Penang.
The court further ordered that the officers of the vessels involved receive some payment.
The list of the names of the country ships comes from a House of Commons Select Committee report.
)[3] In addition Martha was lost in the Hooghli River in July "going on an expedition".