 The government in Madras had augmented the garrison of Rodriguez over the previous year , so that by June 1810 it stood at over 3 @,@ 650 men : 1 @,@ 800 British Army regulars and 1 @,@ 850 HEIC Army sepoys under Keating 's overall command . To transport these troops , Rowley called up his own frigate HMS Boadicea and HMS Nereide under Captain Nesbit Willoughby , a veteran of the raid on Saint Paul who was still recovering from an accidental explosion two months before that had inflicted severe facial injuries . Among the passengers on Boadicea was Robert Townsend Farquhar , a diplomat and trader with the HEIC who had been sent from London to assume governorship of the islands once they had been captured . On 6 July , Rowley 's force rendezvoused with the squadron under Pym , consisting of his frigate HMS Sirius , HMS Iphigenia under Captain Henry Lambert and HMS Magicienne under Captain Lucius Curtis . 
