[2] Both show her master as L. Blair, her owner as Bennett, and her trade as London to the South Seas Fishery.

[1] The Register of Shipping for 1809 shows Active's master as J. Bader and her trade as London to the Fishery.

[9] Active was under the command of Captain John Bader when she was driven ashore in Westernport Bay, Australia on 11 June 1809.

On 11 December 1809 Active, again under the command of Bader and with a sealing party aboard, headed for the Open Bay Islands on the west coast of New Zealand.

[12][13][14] During 1847, a Nelson newspaper reported that a sealing party had discovered the hull of a brig surrounded by bushes near Bluff Point in Southland.

Items found nearby suggested that it was likely to be the wreck of Active, possibly run ashore with sails set during a period of limited visibility.