Mount Tambora exploded in April 1815. Between 1 and 3 October "Fairlie" sailed for two days through extensive pumice rafts about west of Tambora. "Fairlie" arrived at the New Anchorage (near Diamond Harbour and Kedgeree) on 31 October. Homeward bound, "Fairlie" was at Batavia on 20 April, reached St Helena on 21 August, and arrived at Blackwall on 8 November.