Elliott first appears in Lloyd's Register in 1783 with "Clemensn", master, F. Ingram, owner, and trade Liverpool–Africa.

[1] 1st voyage transporting enslaved people (1783–1785): Captain John Cleminson sailed from Liverpool on 17 September 1783, bound for the Bight of Benin.

[2] 2nd voyage transporting enslaved people (1785–1786): Cleminson sailed Elliott from Liverpool on 29 June 1785 for the Bight of Benin with a crew of 66.

[11] Missing information (1788–1792): Elliott appears in Lloyd's Register for 1789 with Reed, master, F. Ingram, owner, and trade Liverpool–Africa.

[13] There is no record of a slave trading voyage for Elliott during this period, though apparently William Clarkson became her master on 12 May 1791.

[7] She left Lloyd's Register in 1791, returning in the issue for 1792 with Sherwood, master, Dawkins, owner, and trade again Liverpool–Africa.

[14] 4th voyage transporting enslaved people (1792–1793): Captain William Sherwood sailed from Liverpool 8 August 1792, bound for West Central Africa and St. Helena.

He also purchased slaves at Malemba (or Malembo), in the Kakongo kingdom, about 50 nautical miles north of the Congo River.

[3] The firm offered for sale in June 1793, “470 choice young Negroes upon the ship Elliott from Melinba Coast of Angola.

[3][e] 5th voyage transporting enslaved people (1794–1795): War with France had commenced in 1793 and Sherwood acquired a letter of marque on 13 January 1794.

Elliott left Kingston on 26 February 1795, and arrived back at Liverpool on 20 April.

[17] 7th voyage transporting enslaved people (1796–1797): Captain David Christian acquired a letter of marque on 29 July 1796.

[19] Christian assumed command of Parr and died in 1798 when she caught fire after leaving Bonny in 1798.

[20] 8th voyage transporting enslaved people (1798–1799): Captain John Parkinson acquired a letter of marque on 21 March 1798.

[5] 9th voyage transporting enslaved people (1800–1802): Captain Timothy Boardman acquired a letter of marque on 7 June 1800.

[23] Between 10 and 15 August 1804 she was among a number of whalers from London that were well at Timor, including Perseverance, Iris, Eliza, and others.

[8] Lloyd's Register for 1807 shows Elliot with London, master, Loudensk, owner, and trade London–Buenos Aires.

[27][f] The Essequebo and Demerary Royal Gazette reported on 31 December 1807 that a cartel had arrived from Guadaloupe with some passengers who had been captured on Elliot, Capt.