Hope
In 1821, captain John Grimes arrived at Sydney on Hope having lost his chief officer and six men while at Open Bay on the South Island’s remote West Coast. The voyage was not altogether unsuccessful however, as the sealing voyage netted 800 seal skins.
A month after arriving in Sydney, John Grimes sailed Hope for England, intending to call at New Zealand and Tahiti on the way to deliver missionaries to their stations. When Hope arrived back in New Zealand in April 1825, Captain Grimes was still her commander, and she had come from the whale fishery. She was reported to be at the Bay of Islands again in December 1825.
A month after arriving in Sydney, John Grimes sailed Hope for England, intending to call at New Zealand and Tahiti on the way to deliver missionaries to their stations. When Hope arrived back in New Zealand in April 1825, Captain Grimes was still her commander, and she had come from the whale fishery. She was reported to be at the Bay of Islands again in December 1825.