Kingston appears in Lloyd's Register in 1811 with William Sale, master, Gibbs & Co., owner, and trade Bristol—Jamaica.

The Register of Shipping for 1818 shows Kingston's master changing from Sale to Bowen, her owner from Gibbs & Son to Parker, and her trade from Bristol–Jamaica to London–Java.

[3] EIC voyage #1 (1819-1820): Captain William Atkins Bowen sailed from the Downs on 12 July 1819, bound for Bengal.

Homeward bound, she was at Madras on 27 February 1820. she reached the Cape of Good Hope on 22 May and St Helena on 15 June, before arriving at Blackwall on 6 August.

Kingston was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandgate, Kent, while on a voyage from Quebec City to London.