Between 1812 and 1817 as the Henrietta Packet it provided passenger and cargo transport between colonial ports, and was possibly involved in exploration in the present-day Tasmania.
[1] This account is contradicted by a later published journal of James Kelly claiming to have discovered both Port Davey and Macquarie Harbour in the whaleboat Elizabeth.
On the night of 27 February 1819 the Young Lachlan was moored outside Captain Howard's residence on the River Derwent, Hobart, Tasmania.
Four sailors who were aboard at the time of the theft were found on Bruny Island by James Kelly who had pursued in the brig Sophia.
The other four convicts (Daniel Clark, Samuel O'Hara, Patrick Cotton and Christopher Read) were found guilty of ship stealing and, on 25 January 1821, sentenced to death.