British Tar enters Lloyd's Register in 1792 with J. Fitch, master, Mangles, owner, and trade London–South Seas fisheries.

[1] On 8 January 1802 Captain Innis sailed British Tar to the Galápagos Islands for her fourth whaling voyage.

[6] The Register of Shipping for 1810, in its supplemental pages, shows British Tar with Anthony, master, J. Pirie, owner, and trade London–Guadeloupe.

[3] Lloyd's List reported on 3 February 1818 that a gale on 29 January 1818 had caused the total loss of British Tar, John Pirie, master, between Lymington and Christchurch, Dorset.

[9] The day after British Tar was lost, the body of a four-foot long African lizard was found on the beach by Hordle Cliff, near Milford.