Between 1786 and 1793 she made seven annual voyages as a whaler in the northern whale fishery (Greenland and Davis Strait).

Lloyd's List reported on 18 July 1788 that Broderick, Crastor, master, had returned to Shields having caught five "fish" (whales).

[8] On 23 January 1806, Broderick ran afoul of Jenny's Adventure, of Sunderland, off the Yorkshire coast, sinking her immediately.

Lloyd's List reported on 15 June 1824 that the crew of Hyperion, of Shields, had abandoned her in the Atlantic Ocean.

Broderick, whilst bound for Quebec, under the command of R. Peart, master and owner, rescued the crew.