Frederick

When Captain Alexander Brodie arrived off the coast of New Zealand in 1811 from Sydney and the whaling grounds, captains and crew were still extremely wary of the native New Zealanders following the Boyd massacre. For this reason, Captain Brodie chose to wait outside the mouth of the Bay of Islands, rather than risk lives by sailing into the bay. While there Nga Puhi chief Ruatara went on board the ship before she sailed back to the fishery. 

In March 1812, the Sydney Gazette reported Frederick, Captain Brodie, as whaling off the coast of New Zealand along with several other ships.