A privateer captured Shipley in 1806 on what was probably her maiden voyage, but the British Royal Navy recaptured her.

Captain John Wilson received a letter of marque for Shipley on 26 October 1805.

[7] In February Shipley had encountered a French three-masted schooner privateer, the former HMS Demerara.

Wilson and Shipley resisted for an hour and three-quarters until after he was severely wounded, as were the mate and the steward, and she had had four men killed.

[9] Captain Edward Folder (or Holder) received a letter of marque on 14 June 1808.

[3] Almost a week earlier she had run into the transport Ocean, which had put into Portsmouth for repairs.

[14] Between 4 and 5 November 1821, gales hit the British coasts and many vessels were damaged or lost.

Shipley was at Portsmouth, bound for Valparaiso, when she was driven on shore at South Beach.

[19] Lloyd's List reported that on 19 April 1826 the transport Shipley, from Cowes and Madeira, Abbot, master, had struck upon Cobler's Reef, drifted over, and was totally lost.