After her change of ownership and registration in 1796, Ariadne appears in Lloyd's Register for 1796 with G. Faith, master, J. Reeves, owner, and trade London—Jamaica.

[4] The next year her master changed to J. Walker, and her trade to London—East India.

Captain John Walker acquired a letter of marque on 4 January 1797.

Homeward bound, she was at Culpee on 16 October and reached the Cape on 4 January 1799.

She reached St Helena on 23 January, and left on 1 May, arriving at Cork on 24 June and Deptford on 15 July.