Her crew and passengers abandoned her circa March 1841 when she developed a leak while sailing from Mauritius to London.

British ships were then free to sail to India or the Indian Ocean under a licence from the EIC.

On 15 June 1830 Dryade, Robert Heard, master, sailed from Portsmouth, bound for Van Diemen's Land.

The vessel sailed off after she got close enough to see that Dryade's crew and passengers were well-armed and prepared to resist.

Dryade, Heard, master, sailed from Britain of 4 December, and on 2 April 1833, arrived at Sydney.

For her back–haul cargo she took on the whale oil that Tamar had gathered in the New South Wales fishery and brought into Sydney.

[8] Dryade sailed for London on 26 May with 270 tuns of whale oil and 23 bales of wool, among other cargo.

[9] Alternatively, she carried 448 casks of sperm oil, 28 bundles of whalebone, 25 bales of wool, 42 cedar planks, 281 hides, 14,231 tree nails, and stores.

[10] Dryade, Heard, master, left Falmouth on 9 February 1834 and arrived at Sydney on 2 June.

Dryade stowed the oil in her lower hold and reserved the tweendecks for wool.

Eventually the passengers and crew were forced to take to her boats in a heavy sea while about 200 miles from Port Dauphin, at the southern end of Madagascar.

All reached Port Dauphin and remained there for 80 days, during which time the inhabitants treated them with great hospitality.

Eventually a small schooner carried Dryade's passengers and crew back to Mauritius, where they arrived on 3 June.

The handful of passengers included Captain Heard's wife, and son and daughter.