In September 1846 a hurricane so damaged her that the crew and passengers abandoned her.

Apollo first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1820.

[2] In 1838 new owners moved Apollo's homeport and registry to Dundee.

Her crew abandoned Wanstead at 46°00′N 55°30′E / 46.000°N 55.500°E / 46.000; 55.500 on 27 September 1843 in the Atlantic Ocean.

[3] Apollo was on a voyage from Dundee to Montreal when a gale on 19 September 1846 in the Atlantic Ocean (45°51′N 35°18′W / 45.850°N 35.300°W / 45.850; -35.300) turned into a hurricane that washed a boy overboard and so damaged her that she was in danger of foundering.