Sailing to New York again on 27 December, she reached Cape Horn in 35 days 7 hours, which was a record for the route.

On her journey from New York to San Francisco on 2 October 1861 her bowsprit was badly sprung off at Cape Horn.

This was followed by her rudderhead being sprung in her 1862 journey from Macao to New York when she encountered a typhoon in the South China Sea.

She sailed out of London, England, on 11 April 1863 in the Australia trade, with voyages to Queenstown, Moreton Bay, and Brisbane.

[5] The Fiery Star left Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, for Liverpool on 1 April 1865 with a crew of 42 under Captain W. Hunter Yule.

By 7 p.m. on 20 April after unsuccessfully trying to put out the fire the captain and 86 people, including all but one of the passengers, abandoned ship in four boats intending to make for the Chatham Islands.

[3] At daylight the Chief Officer invited Captain Moore from the Dauntless to come on board to assess the situation.

Captain Moore agreed with the Chief Officer's decision to abandon her as the fire was worsening and the ship badly damaged.

[3] A search was mounted on 16 May of the Chatham Islands for the passengers and crew who had left in the lifeboats by HMS Brisk under Captain Charles Webley Hope.

Given their distance from the Chathams when they left the Fiery Star and the bad weather in the intervening period, they were presumed to have perished.