In 1839 she carried mainly Scots assisted migrants to Australia, and was the first immigrant ship to sail from Great Britain directly to Port Phillip.

[5] She entered Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1830 with Viles, master, Ferguson, owner, and trade London–Calcutta.

[6] Captain Robert Rayne sailed David Clark from Howrah on 19 August 1833 and left Bengal on 20 September.

[9] David Clark underwent a survey in London on 16 August 1834 that recorded that she was built of teak with two decks, and had been sheathed in wood in 1829 and then in copper in 1833 at Calcutta.

[10] On 20 September 1835, David Clark sailed from Singapore for Canton in company with Golconda, Sulimany, Duke of Lancaster, Mermaid, and the Danish ship Matadore.

On 16 October during bad weather north of 19°0′N 117°20′E / 19.000°N 117.333°E / 19.000; 117.333, Golconda ran into Matadore and almost cut her in half.

[11] She next sailed the London-Calcutta and Calcutta-China routes between 1834 and 1839 but in January 1839, having left London for India, had to put in at Cowes due to leaking; she discharged her cargo before going to Greenock for a refit.

[12] She was under the command of Captain J.B. Mills when she left Greenock on 15 June 1839 carrying mainly Scots assisted immigrants.

However, she struck a reef during a storm in the Sunda Strait and diverted to Anjer, Java, on 31 October 1853, eventually reaching Batavia on 18 November, where she was condemned.