Although early on she made some voyages to the West Indies, she spent most of her mercantile career trading with the Baltic and northern Russia, and as a coaster.

[4] On 24 December 1818, Achilles, of South Shields, was sailing from Newcastle to London with a cargo of coal when Beaver, Lyle, master, ran into her.

[6] On 2 October 1823 a storm caught Achilles, Kirkley, master, between the Spurn and the floating light.

[8] On 20 October 1839 Achilles, Patten, master, was on a voyage from South Shields to London with a cargo of coal.

[9][10][11] Her entry in the 1839 volume of Lloyd's Register carried the annotation "Foundered".