 After six weeks at sea, the crew finally made it back to Salem, where they were able to report the incident.Gilbert was eventually captured in West Africa two years later when his ship was sunk in a naval engagement with the British brig sloop HMS "Curlew", commanded by Henry Dundas Trotter.Extradited to the United States, he was tried with three of his crew members in Boston, Massachusetts and executed on June 11, 1835.