She traded widely before she made two voyages as a whaler to the British Southern Whale Fishery.

[3] She entered Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1813 with Harvey, master, Haslop, owner, and trade London–Smyrna.

[7] In 1820 Captain Taylor sailed from London bound for the Sandwich Islands, for Hermes's 2nd whaling voyage.

[a] Still, James Robinson, carpenter on Hermes who had led the construction, and eleven other survivors chose to sail Deliverance to Honolulu.

[13] LL reported on 18 April 1823 that both Hermes and Pearl had been wrecked and that their crews had been saved.

[16] Postscript: The wreck of what may have been Hermes or Pearl was discovered 20 September 2004 at the atoll.