 The ship proved to be the "Cléopâtre", travelling in company with the 20-gun "Alcmène".The "Cléopâtre" responded to the distress signal and rescued those aboard the launch through her gunports, by hoisting them individually up her side and by hoisting the entire boat aboard.Commodore Roy, commanding on "Cléopâtre" directed the "Alcmène" to search for the missing pinnace, which she found and rescued all aboard.