Meanwhile, back on Mopelia, a small French trading ship, the "Lutece", anchored outside the reef. Leutnant Kling of "Seeadler", having heard on the radio of his captain's capture, sailed out to "Lutece" and captured her at gunpoint. The French crew was put ashore with the other prisoners, and all the Germans embarked on the ship, which they renamed the "Fortuna", and set course for South America. The master of "A. B. Johnson", Captain Smith, then took the remaining open boat from Mopelia with three other American seamen, and sailed to Pago Pago, arriving on 4 October, where they were finally able to inform the authorities of the activities of "Seeadler" and arrange for the rescue of the other 44 sailors left stranded on Mopelia.