By the time Anson reached the Juan Fernández Islands in June 1741, only three of his six ships remained (HMS "Centurion", the fourth-rate and the sloop HMS "Tryal"), while the strength of his crews had fallen from 961 to 335. In the absence of any effective Spanish force on the coast, he was able to harass the enemy and to sack the small port city of Paita in Peru in November 1741. The steady decrease of his crews by scurvy and the worn-out state of his remaining consorts compelled him to collect all the remaining survivors in "Centurion". He rested at the island of Tinian, and then made his way to Macao in November 1742.