The Peabody was sold in 1893 to Captain Samuel H. Burtis and sailed to Yokohama, Japan for fishing and Seal hunting.

She was the last of the Boston pilot boats brought to Port of San Francisco for use in the Golden Gate.

She was 71 feet in length, 20.8 beam, 8 foot depth[2]: p211  and 54-tons burden[1] The George Peabody sailed to San Francisco from Boston on the October 5, 1867.

[4] She was cleared for San Francisco with Captain William Chatfield of Thayer & Peabody of Boston.

[5] She arrived in San Francisco on February 11, 1868, after a 124-day journey from Boston, via Rio de Janeiro.

[1][2]: p211  A sketch was made by William A. Coulter for an article that appeared in The San Francisco Call about the accident.