[a] Between 1801 and 1804 she made two voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people, and may have been temporarily captured during the second.

[8] On 25 June 1804 the French privateer Grand Bonaparte, of 20 guns and 200 men, captured Atalanta, Wilson master after an engagement of one hour.

1st whaling voyage (1808–1811): Atalanta, Josh(or Joseph) Morris, master, sailed from Gravesend on 4 December 1808, bound for Rio de Janeiro and arrived there on 4 February 1809.

In March 1810, sailors from five whaling ships (Atalanta, Diana, Experiment, Perseverance, Speke, and New Zealander) in Bay of Islands, launched a punitive attack on some Māoris following the massacre of the crew of Boyd.

[11] Atalanta returned to Port Jackson from the River Derwent on 29 August 1810 with 125 tons of right whale oil.

[2][3] 2nd whaling voyage (1811–1814): Captain Morris sailed from Gravesend on 17 August 1811, bound for Rio de Janeiro.

Atalanta, Morris, master, arrived at Port Jackson on 19 March 1812 with a cargo of sundries.

[10] A different newspaper account reports that Atalanta reached Rio on 30 November and sailed from there on 1 January 1812.