[2] Under the command of John Reid, Minstrel left England on 4 June 1812 with 127 female convicts.

The three vessels left Rio together on 11 August, but Archduke Charles parted the next day.

Minstrel left Port Jackson on 14 January 1813 bound for Norfolk Island.

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

[8] On 17 July 1819 Captain H.Bristow sailed Minstrel from London for British Bencoolen under a license from the EIC.

[10] In 1825 Captain Charles Arckoll sailed Minstrel on a second voyage transporting convicts to New South Wales.

Captain Arckoll sailed from England on 20 September 1829 with settlers for the Swan River Colony.