Briton was launched in Canada in 1842. She sailed to Britain and was registered there with homeport of Greenock. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in the volume for 1843. She was wrecked in November 1844. Briton called at Coppang on Timor Island to replenish water and other provisions. She then reached Singapore three weeks later. Briton transited the Straits of Malacca and was sailing towards Calcutta when she encountered a cyclone on 10 November. She was driven ashore at John Lawrence Island in the Andaman Islands on 12 November.