Mention is made of the ship in “Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer” by Samuel Thompson: “...at length engaged passage in the bark Asia, 500 tons, rated A.

1, formerly an East Indiaman, and now bound for Quebec, to seek a cargo of white pine lumber for the London market.”Asia was launched at Whitby in 1813.

[4] Asia first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1813 with Walker, master, Chapman, owner, and trade London transport.

Homeward bound, she was at the Cape of Good Hope on 27 February 1821, reached Saint Helena on 19 March, and arrived back at East India Dock on 31 May.

Under the command of John Edman, Asia sailed from London, England on 1 August 1827, and arrived at Hobart Town on 30 November.