1851 - built in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts by Isaac Howland Jr. & Company of New Bedford. Also in 1851 - the 'Alice Mandell' (1851) - 413 gross tons - entered the New Bedford whaling fleet. She made two whale hunting voyages.

1857 - On the second whaling trip in March, she was wrecked, on Prate Shoal, in the China