 On the next visit of "Shubrick" to Victoria, while the captain and a large part of the crew were on shore, Selden threw off her mooring lines, and with only six men on board, he sailed away for Port Townsend.Captain Pease made no effort to rejoin his ship, but sailed from Victoria to San Francisco and then Panama, seeming to confirm the information that Consul Francis had received.On 15 February 1865, "Shubrick" was transferred to the Navy Department for 90 days for special service in the Bering Strait supporting survey operations conducted by a Colonel Charles S. Buckley, the agent of the Russian Telegraph Company.