On her third whaling voyage, she carried King Kamehameha II of Hawaii and Queen Kamāmalu with a number of their retainers and Hawaiian notables to England.

[6] From 1817, L'Aigle made four complete voyages as a whaler in the British Southern Whale fishery, and was lost in 1830 on her fifth.

[3] 2nd whaling voyage 1819–1821): Captain Valentine Starbuck sailed from England on 6 April 1819, bound for the Sandwich Islands.

[3] 3rd whaling voyage 1822–1824): Captain Starbuck sailed from England on 7 January 1822, bound for the Sandwich Islands.

She returned home via Rio de Janeiro and arrived back in England on 2 May 1824 with 550 casks.

[7] When he sailed back to England, Starbuck brought with him King Kamehameha II of Hawaii, Queen Kamāmalu, and a party of ten notables and retainers.

[4] When L'Aigle stopped at Rio de Janeiro in February 1824, Kamehameha met Emperor Pedro I.

L'Aigle's owners dismissed Starbuck and sued him for having cut his whaling voyage short to bring the Hawaiians to England.