On her return she made a voyage as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people.

[3] Bellona owners published in Billinge's Advertiser on 30 September 1805, a correspondence with Captain Dean.

Lake and Brown, of the Liverpool Packet Office stated that they and the owners were giving Dean a gift of £100, "notwithstanding that you have been unsuccessful" in recognition of his efforts on his last cruise.

[4] Captain William Lace replaced Dean as master of Bellona and acquired a letter of marque on 16 December.

[5] As Bellona, Lace, master, was arriving at Liverpool from Charleston, she ran ashore at "the Rock".

[8] In 1806, some 33 British vessels were lost while in the triangular trade, however, the source of this statistic did not recognize any losses on the homeward-bound leg of the voyages.