Brilliant first appeared in the supplementary pages in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1812.

[1] In December 1814 Lloyd's List reported that the frigate HMS Hyperion had found Brilliant, Davenport, master, which had been sailing from Maranham to Liverpool, abandoned at sea with her masts and sails alongside.

They removed Brilliant's crew and abandoned her at sea; Hyperion brought her into Plymouth.

[3] After her ownership changed from Wooster to Aisbit, Brilliant's homeport became Shields.

A report from Filey, dated 22 December 1840, stated that the stern of a vessel had been found with "Brilliant of Shields" painted on it.