She grounded in February or on 10 March 1821 at Coringa (or Nursapura) while sailing from London to Bengal.

The two vessels were 16 days out of Honduras and on their way had encountered bad gales that had made Benson leaky; she was making four feet of water per hour.

British ships were then free to sail to India or the Indian Ocean under a license from the EIC.

On 26 September Brilliant, Fenn, master, sailed from Gravesend, bound for Bengal.

Brilliant, Fenn, master, stranded off Coringa or Nursapura, in February 1821 or on 10 March 1821,.

On her way she lost two anchors, upset her windlass, and damaged her rudder in the Eastern Channel.