In 1828–1830 Nimble sailed to Mauritius under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC).

On 28 June 1817 she arrived back at Portsmouth from Sierra Leone; On the 30th she was at Gravesend, reportedly from Senegal.

[2] In 1827 as Nimble was sailing to Smyrna from London pirates plundered her of part of her cargo, stores, and men's clothes.

[6][7] HMS Cambrian and Rose fitted out three misticos that on 27 June 1827, at Andros, captured a row galley, armed with one gun.

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

The last clear mention of her was a report in July that Nimble, Parsons, master, had returned from Marseilles.