She made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC), and three transporting convicts to Australia.

[2] On her first convict voyage, under the command on William McKissock, Almorah departed The Downs on 26 April 1817 and arrived in Sydney on 29 August.

[6] Almorah departed Waterford, Ireland, under the command of Thomas Wilson, on 22 August 1820, and arrived in Sydney on 22 December.

[9] Almorah, under the command of George Hay, departed Cork, Ireland, on 6 April 1824 and arrived in Sydney on 20 August 1824.

Captain Mitchell, of HMS Slaney, which was serving as a guardship at Port Jackson, seized Almorah for having on board 300 chests of tea.

Probably more importantly, Mitchell would have been entitled to a quarter of the value of the vessel and her cargo if the court upheld his seizure.

[12] There was no Court of Admiralty at Sydney, so over Governor Brisbane's objections, Mitchell put a crew aboard Almorah that sailed her on 2 March to Calcutta for adjudication.