Nimble

Nimble was built at Plymouth in 1813. Initially she engaged in a triangular trade between Africa, Brazil, and Britain. She then sailed between Britain and the eastern Mediterranean. She was twice plundered by pirates, once while on her way to Brazil and the some years later as she was on her way to Smyrna. In 1824 her owners had her lengthened. In 1828–1830 Nimble sailed to Mauritius under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC). She was last listed in 1833. Career Nimble first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1816. On 25 June 1816 Nimble, Liang, master, arrived at Portsmouth. She sailed two days later for Africa. On 10 July she was at Madeira. On 8 February 1817 she was at Cape Coast Castle, having come from Bahia. On 28 June 1817 she arrived back at Portsmouth from Sierra Leone; On the 30th she was at Gravesend, reportedly from Senegal. On 21 August she sailed from Gravesend, bound for Cape Coast Castle. A week later she was at Falmouth, on her way to Africa. On 5 February 1818 Nimble arrived at Bahia. On her way from Cape Coast a pirate or privateer had plundered her of cargo worth $2000.