Griffin was a Spanish prize,[1] that between 1807 and 1809 made one voyage as a whaler to the British southern whale fishery.

[3] Griffin first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1807 with Folger master and owner, and trade London-South Seas.

On 1 December 1807 Lloyd's List reported that Griffin, Folger, master, had run onshore at the Sand Head, near Portsmouth, while sailing from London for the South Seas.

[8] However, a few weeks earlier, on 20 April, Three Brothers, Long, master, had arrived at Rio from the Cape of Good Hope.

All of this would suggest that Thomas Folger had sold Griffin and her cargo in Rio de Janeiro and then returned to England.