On 15 August 1813 Rambler, "Sisk", master, sailed from the Cape of Good Hope bound for St Helena and Britain.

Rambler appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1815 with M. Lisk, master and owner, and trade London–Bermuda, changing to Plymouth–South Seas.

Samuel Enderby & Sons purchased Rambler and employed her between 1815 and 1825 on five voyages as a whaler in the Southern Whale Fishery.

[9] Rambler's owners applied for a licence on 14 July 1815 to sail her as a whaler in the East Indies and received it that same day.

[2] The vessel had 85 tuns of whale oil aboard when she arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, under Captain Smith, on 25 August 1818.

On 9 September 1820 the vessel, under Captain Wyer, and with 300 barrels of sperm whale oil aboard, arrived in the Derwent Estuary, Tasmania.

Two of them were captured by Māori who were debating on whether to kill them or not when missionary Rev John Butler arrived and begged they be spared.

[2] Whaling voyage #4 (1823-1824): Captain George Powell sailed from England on 16 February 1823, bound for the New South Wales fishery.

Rambler was off Cape Verde on 29 September and called at the Isle of France (Mauritius) before arriving at Port Jackson on 10 January, departing a month later on 10 February 1824.

Some accounts report that Powell had abused the Tongan's hospitality by firing on them when they refused an exchange of a musket and some flint and powder for five crew members who had deserted.

[2] Captain Alexander Benjamin Greaves sailed Rambler from London on 12 April 1825, bound for the East Coast of Africa.