In 1817 she made one voyage to Bengal, sailing under a licence from the British East India Company (EIC).

In 1819 she became a whaler, sailing from Kingston upon Hull to the northern whale fishery (Greenland (Gr) and Davis Strait (DS)).

From 1835 on she left whaling and started trading more widely, to North America, Bombay, and Africa.

From 1819 to 1835 Cumbrian sailed from Hull as a whaler, hunting whales at Greenland or Davis Strait.

On the following Sunday, Captain Johnson asked Manger to raise the Bethel Flag and conduct a prayer service for the seamen from all the nearby whalers.

She put back four days later with the loss of her sails and quarter-boat, and with one man having been washed overboard.