She spent much of her career as a West Indiaman, though she made voyages elsewhere, and was for a time a London-based transport.

Aberdeen first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1801 with Gibbon, master and owner, and trade Liverpool-St Kitts.

On 21 April 1807 Lloyd's List (LL) reported that Aberdeen, Fraser, master, had been put into Port Antonio on 28 January because she was leaky.

LR for 1816 showed Aberdeen with J. Fraser, master, Gibbon, owner, and trade Liverpool–Philadelphia.

[2] Her crew abandoned Aberdeen, Fraser, master, on 10 December 1815 in the Atlantic Ocean (39°16′N 70°30′W / 39.267°N 70.500°W / 39.267; -70.500) with seven feet of water in her hold.