Brunswick was launched at Hull and initially was a Greenland whaler. Her owner withdrew her from the northern whale fishery in 1836 and then deployed her sailing to New York and Sierra Leone. She was apparently on a voyage to India when she was wrecked on 7 April 1842.

Career Brunswick first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1814 with W. Blythe (or Blyth), master, Wright & Co., owner, and trade Hull–Davis Strait.Lloyd's Register (1814), Supple. pages "B", Seq. №B13. Blythe would be her master from 1814–1816, and again from 1818–1814, when she left whaling. The whaling data below is primarily from Coltish, augmented with data from Lubbock.

Year Master Owner Trade Notes and source 1815 W. Blythe Wright & Co. Hull–Davis Strait Lloyd's Register (LR) 1820 W. Blythe Wright & Co. Hull–Davis Strait Repairs 1819; LR

Year Master Grounds Whales Tuns whale oil 1814 Blythe Greenland 12 164 1815 Blyth Davis strait 10 57 1816 Blyth Greenland 16 228 (580 butts) 1817 Thompon Greenland 6 92 1818 Blythe Davis Strait 11 146 1819 Blythe Davis Strait 19 (or 19) 224 ("best fished" Hull ship of the season) 1820 Blythe Davis Strait 15 221 (or 18; 530 butts) 1821 Blythe Greenland 24 268 (or 269, plus 14 tons of bone) 1822 Blythe Davis Strait 4 53

In 1823, at the end on May, a strike by a whale fluke killed one seaman and injured three others.

Brunswick left the ice at the whale fishing grounds on 16 August 1822. She arrived at Hull on 18 September with 50 tons of oil. She reported that conditions on the fishing grounds were very bad. Seven ships had been sunk, several had been beset by ice, and the rest had not killed more than an average of four fish each.Lloyd's List №5733. Laetitia, Clark, master, arrived at Aberdeen and reported a more complete accounting of how many whales each vessel had taken, and which were beset by ice.

A fuller account of Brunswicks survival exists. By this account, also, she left for England on 27 August and arrived in the Humber on 10 September. The 13 days transit from Davis Straits was a record.

Year Master Owner Trade Notes and source 1825 W. Blythe Wright & Co. Hull–Davis Strait Repairs 1821, 1822, 1823; LR 1830 J. Blyth Wright & Co. Hull–Davis Strait Repairs 1821, 1822, 1823; LR 1835 W. Blyth Wright & Co. Hull–Northern Fishery LR

Year Master Grounds Whales Tuns whale oil 1823 Blythe Davis Strait 36 283 (or 281½, +317CWT of bone) 1824 Blythe Davis Strait 10 150½ 1825 Blythe Davis Strait 20 270 1826 Blythe Davis Strait 7 (or 6, incl. one found dead) 97 1827 Blythe Davis Strait 12 210

On 22 May 1825, Brunswick was close to Estridge, of Dundee, when she sank. Brunswick took on board seven of Estridges crew. In 1825, Brunswick was the best fished ship of the Davis Strait fleet.

On 7 June 1827, a harpooned whale struck one of Brunswicks boats, overturning it. Two men drowned. An hour later, another of her boats killed a whale, which turned out to be the whale that had overturned the first boat. On 16 June Brunswick and Zephyr came across the wreck of Mercury. Brunswick was able to salve 34 butts of blubber.

Year Master Grounds Whales Tuns whale oil 1828 Blythe Davis Strait 17 238 1829 Blythe Davis Strait 14 214 1830 Blyth Davis Strait 6 89

Eighteen-thirty was the most disastrous year in the history of British northern whaling. Brunswick was among the vessels most seriously damaged, though she was not lost.

Year Master Grounds Whales Tuns whale oil 1831 Blythe Davis Strait 7 100 1832 Blythe Davis Strait 24 225 1833 Blythe Davis Strait 23 186 1834 Blythe Davis Strait 5 77

In 1834 Wright & Co. withdrew Brunswick from whaling and put her into general trade.

Year Master Owner Trade Notes and source 1836 Smith Wright & Co. Hull–QuebecHull Damage and small repairs in 1837; LR 1839 T.Porter Wright & Co. Hull–New YorkHull–Sierra Leone Large repair 1839; LR 1840 T.Porter Wright & Co. Hull–Sierra LeoneLondon Large repair 1839; LR 1841 T.Porter Wright & Co. LondonHull–East India Large repair 1839; LR

Fate Brunswick, Porter, master, was wrecked on 7 April 1842 on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. The smack Good Agreement, Brown, master, rescued the crew and brought them into Wivenhoe. Brunswick was on a voyage from Hull to London.

The entry for Brunswick in Lloyd's Register for 1841 bears the annotation "Wrecked".Lloyd's Register (1841), Se.№B553.

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