 In response Corbet requested a formal court martial, but was forced to wait until his ship returned to the Cape of Good Hope due to a shortage of captains of sufficient rank.Corbet neglected to explain this to the crew and when he ordered them to sail for the Cape they mutinied in the belief that their complaint had been ignored.The mutiny was suppressed by local forces in Bombay and when "Nereide" did reach the Cape ten men were tried and one hanged for disobedience.