By this time, Luckner had the problem of feeding and keeping safe nearly 300 prisoners, in addition to his own crew. Consequently, when on 20 March, the French four-masted barque "Cambronne" was captured, Luckner arranged for the ship's topgallant mast and additional spars and sails to be removed, before putting his prisoners aboard "Cambronne" under the command of Captain Mullen of "Pinmore". The much-reduced rigging on "Cambronne" ensured "Seeadler" would be able to escape before her location could be reported to the hunting ships.