She served as a general trader for much of her career, though in 1820-21 she made one voyage to Bombay for the British East India Company (EIC).

British ships were then free to sail to India or the Indian Ocean under a licence from the EIC.

[7] Camden and a number of other outward bound vessels had ended up waiting at Deal.

Homeward bound, she was at the Cape of Good Hope on 24 January 1821, and arrived at Gravesend on 7 April.

In 1832 Phoenix, a Chapman-owned ship, was the sole vessel to go out, and she returned with 234 tons of oil (195 Imperial measure), the largest amount ever to have been brought back.

[3] On at least one of her voyages, in 1845, Camden brought back lumber for the naval dockyard at Chatham.

[13] The last mention in ship arrival and departure data was in October 1845 when she sailed for Quebec.