She was the Dutton formerly an East Indiaman, and then a Storeship.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston
The Britannia, a returning Storeship, was detained by contrary winds at the island on her way to the East Indies.
"The Naval Pioneers of Australia"
Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery
T.B. Murray's book on Pitcairn:- "In 1811 he was entered on the books of H.M.S. Roebuck; and, through means of Rear-Admiral Murray, he was, in 1813, placed on board the Indefatigable, naval Storeship, under Captain Bowles.
"The Naval Pioneers of Australia"
Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery