On 1 December 1799 Captain George McInnes sailed from Bombay, bound for England, on a voyage on behalf of the EIC.

[9] Captain McInnes made a second voyage to London on behalf of the EIC, leaving Bombay on 15 March 1802.

[10] Asia was listed in 1803 as being registered in Bombay with Smith, Forbes, and Company, and Homajee Bomanjee, owners, and George M'Innes, master.

[11] On 13 May 1810 Sir Francis Drake was in company with HMS Cornelia and Diana when they captured some slaves at Diego Garcia.

[14][b] A third letter, dated 1 October, reported that between 9 August and 8 September, Sir Francis Drake's boats destroyed seven Batavian gunboats, five pirate prows, and 35 Dutch trading vessels.

Disposal: "The Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" offered "Sir Francis Drake storeship, 751 tons", "Lying at Deptford", for sale on 13 October 1825.

Dom Pedro acquired a small squadron that included several vessels purchased in England, one of which was Sir Francis Drake.

Sartorius conveyed Pedro's expeditionary force from the Azores and safely effected their Landing at Mindelo in July 1832, from where they were able to occupy Porto.

[18] Despite this success, Sartorius also had to contend with many difficulties; promised supplies rarely arrived, and his crews consequently became mutinous or deserted.

When he threatened to sail off with it until he was paid, Dom Pedro sent two English officers to the flagship; one to arrest Sartorius, the other to take command.

Dona Maria was one of the five vessels of the naval squadron under Admiral Napier that decisively defeated the Miguelista forces at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent on 5 July 1833.

Dona Maria II, under the command of Captain Henry, captured Princess Real, of 56 guns and 640 men, by boarding.

After the assassination on 22 August 1849 of the governor of Macao, Amaral, Portugal sent out three ships for the protection of Macau, the frigate Donna Maria and the corvettes Dom João I and Iris.

Captain d'Assis e Silva of Dona Maria II and 187 officers and crew were killed, as were three French prisoners and some 40 Chinese who were working on board or were in junks and sampans alongside.

One story was that the explosion was a deliberate act of sabotage by the keeper of the powder magazine who held a grudge against the captain.

[21] After the loss of Donna Maria and the death of Admiral da Cunha the Portuguese abandoned any plans to retaliate against the Chinese for Amaral's assassination.