Bengal Anna made three voyages for the British East India Company (EIC).

Anna reached the Cape of Good Hope on 19 April and St Helena on 5 May; she arrived at Deptford on 18 August.

[5] On 9 November 1802 Lloyd's List reported that Anna, Scott, master, had put into Île de France (Mauritius) in distress.

[3] On 24 March 1810, Anna, Captain Thomas Scott, delivered Charles Andrew Bruce to assume the governorship of Prince of Wales Island (now called Penang).

Anna then participated as a transport vessel in the British invasion of Île de France (Mauritius), on 3 December 1810.

The British government then chartered Anna and eight other vessels as cartels to carry back to France the French troops that they had captured in these campaigns.