There she became the flash point that led to the Rum Rebellion and the military coup that overthrew Governor William Bligh.

Paramatta entered Lloyd's Register in 1804 with Campbell, master, Hulet & Co., owners, and trade London–(New) South Wales.

In July she sailed for Tahiti with a stowaway aboard, an escaped convict named James Horne.

(All vessels and their owners had to post bond when leaving Port Jackson that they would not take any people out of the Colony without the Governor's permission.)

[4] In late April or early May, Parramatta was wrecked at Cape Brett, New Zealand, after making a hasty departure from the Bay of Islands.