Commodore's lifeboats were lowered in the early hours of the morning on January 2, 1897 and the ship ultimately sank at 7 a.m.
A tripulación baixou os botes salvavidas do Commodore a primeiras horas da mañá do 2 de xaneiro de 1897, e o navío afundiuse finalmente ás 7 da mañá.