Aberdeen entered Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1812 with Main, master, J Auldjo, owner, and trade London.

Lloyd's List (LL) for 24 November 1814 reported that Aberdeen had arrived in the Thames, having left Quebec on 29 September.

[10] LR for 1818 showed Aberdeen's master changing from Fenwick to Hodges, her owner from Maitland to I.S.Brancker, and her trade from London–Quebec to London–Île de France (Mauritius).

[11] In 1818 Captain Hodges sailed from England for Île de France, again under a license from the EIC.

The "Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign..." criticised the crew for their refusal.

[14] She sailed again for Buenos Aires on 12 August, but returned again twelve days later, having lost her anchors.