 The rescue ship turned out to be the Ternate , an East Indiaman , despatched by Lord Amherst , on the day of his arrival in Batavia . The Ternate returned to Batavia with the castaways , where Amherst chartered another ship , <unk> , for the journey to England . During a stop at St Helena , Maxwell met Napoleon , who remembered the action on the 29 November 1811 , when Alceste had captured La Pomone , and remarked , " ... your government must not blame you for the loss of Alceste , for you have taken one of my frigates . " Later , at his court martial , Maxwell was exonerated of all blame for the loss of Alceste . 
