 Woodriff refused the use of "Calcutta", arguing that "Ocean" was large enough to transport the colony, and that he was under orders to pick up naval supplies for transport to England.In December Woodriff sailed to Sydney where he took on a cargo of lumber.At midnight on 4 March, Woodriff landed 150 of his crew and marines to assist the New South Wales Corps and the Loyal Association, a local militia, in suppressing a convict uprising in support of the Castle Hill convict rebellion, a revolt by some 260 Irish convicts against Governor King.