Meik and his crew were apparently left on the Seychelles. On 29 October Meik, his crew, and two midshipmen and 15 men from and were put in a small boat of 35 tons bound to Colombo. On 9 November, at about midnight, the boat ran into rocks in the Maldives. Five of the navy men, three of Armenias crew, and five Frenchmen died in an attempt to reach shore on a makeshift raft. The survivors took two Maldivian boats and set sail again. Meik arrived at Cochin on 4 December. Mr. Maddox, a midshipman from Lancaster, died of sickness on the passage. At the time of Meek's letter (6 January 1801) reporting his trials, the second boat, which also had some navy personnel aboard, had not been heard from.Asiatic Annual Register, (1801), Vol. 3, p.56.
