A small launch left the Zanzibari compound and rowed slowly pastthree of the British ships. Its mission was to deliver the Sultans' Captain to his only armed vesselthe H.H.S. Glasgow.
Boti ndogo iliondoka katika uzio wa Zanzibar na kusogea taratibu ikapita meli tatu za Uingereza. Mpango wake ulikuwa kumpeleka nahodha wa Sultan katika meli yake pekee H.H.S. Glasgow.