Nimrod, Harvey, master, arrived at Saint Helena on 4 October 1826, and left two days later, continuing her journey from Penang to London.
They killed McAuliffe and two of his crew, and wounded three others before she could escape, leaving five dead natives behind.
[12] The Australian reported that "the whaling barque Nimrod, 232 tons, Sullivan, master," had arrived at Sydney from the South Sea Fishery with sperm and black oil.
[20] The newspaper later reported that Nimrod, Sullivan, master, and Lamb and Parbury, owners, had sailed on 25 July 1844 on a whaling voyage.
[21] In 1844, "The Nimrod, whaler, lost a boat's crew consisting of Othaheitians and New Zealanders, and the officer was also a man of colour.
[12] However, a different source refers to Nimrod as belonging to Jardine, Matheson & Co, of Hong Kong, and Larkins as an employee of theirs.
[b] In December 1848 Nimrod brought 120 Chinese coolies as indentured laborers from Amoy to Moreton Bay, Australia.
There is a report that Nimrod, Alexander McLeod, master, left Hobart on 26 December 1849 on a whaling voyage to Holdfast Bay.