Duchess of Portland first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1826,[2] On 13 August 1831 Duchess of Portland, Miller, master, encountered a violent hurricane as she was sailing for England from Aux Cayes.

The hurricane threw her on her beam ends and she stayed that way for eight hours.

She lost one of her boats, several sails, and was obliged to cut away her spare spars.

Duchess of Portland foundered 15 miles off Hartlepool on 12 February 1867 after taking in water.

She had been sailing from Sunderland to Le Conquet with a cargo of coal.