 His crew disagreed on whether to seize it or ignore it and the Spaniard escaped; Coxon then advised the buccaneers to set out in canoes and periaguas before the Spanish ship could report their activities.Richard Sawkins commanded the expedition from the flagship "Trinity" ("La Trinidad" or "Santissima Trinidad"), attempting to capture ships traveling between Lima and Panama.Sharpe took over when Sawkins was killed; when a party of sixty men refused to serve under Sharpe, Cooke was given the captured 100-ton barque "Mayflower" to return the men downriver.