In November 1819 John Palmer, Captain Bastian, sailed from Launceston to Bass Strait, Tasmania, on a sealing trip.
On her way she arrived on 23 November at the site of the shipwrecked Daphne at East Island in the Kent Group.
There John Palmer picked up three passengers from Daphne, including Emma Hook, and a lascar seaman.
For reasons unknown the ship also picked up a bag of coin containing 400 pounds from Daphne.
As John Palmer attempted to beat out of the bay she was driven onto the rocks and became a total wreck.