She initially traded with Smyrna, where in late 1801 she suffered a lightning strike.

[2] It gave he master as Thompson, her owner as Havelock, and her trade as London to Smyrna.

[1] On 16 November 1801, Lord Duncan, Thompson master, was at Smyrna when lightning struck her.

[1] Lloyd's List reported that on 7 December 1806 Lord Duncan, Hurtly, master, had put into Portsmouth leaky; she was making five feet of water in an hour.

[4] Lloyd's List reported in October 1807 that Lord Duncan, of and for London, Huersley, master, had been destroyed in an explosion at Saint Domingo with the loss of her Chief Mate and a seaman.