EIC voyage #1 (1786-1787): Captain William Parker sailed from Portsmouth on 14 April 1786, bound for China.

[2] EIC voyage #2 (1788-1789): Captain Parker sailed from The Downs on 11 April 1788, bound for Madras and China.

[3] EIC voyage #3 (1791-1793): Captain Gregory Moffat Lewin sailed from Portsmouth on 25 May 1791, bound for Madras, Bengal, and China.

EIC voyage #4 (1794-1795): Capt William Parker acquired a letter of marque on 6 January 1794.

[5] The British government held Bridgewater at Portsmouth, together with several other Indiamen in anticipation of using them as transports for an attack on Île de France (Mauritius).

She reached the [{Cape of Good Hope on 12 July and St Helena on 11 September, and arrived at Gravesend on 18 December.

[2] EIC voyage #6 (1798-1799): Captain Skottowe sailed from Portsmouth on 29 April 1798, bound for China.

[2] EIC voyage #7 (1800–1801): Captain George Lukin acquired a letter of marque on 9 December 1800.

[5] Messrs Princip & Saunders had tendered her to the EIC to bring back rice from Bengal.

[3] EIC voyage #8 (1802–Loss): Captain E. H. Palmer sailed from England on 1 August 1802, bound for Botany Bay and China.

Almost all the crew and passengers of Cato and Porpoise were able to land on a sandbank as both ships broke up; the survivors were later rescued.