On her second voyage Briton, Bell, master, sailed to Sydney, New South Wales.

There she embarked two or three companies of the 80th Regiment of Foot, which was transferring from Sydney to Calcutta after seven years in Australia.

The regiment marched out of its barracks on 12 August 1844 and embarked on four vessels: Briton, Enmore, Lloyds, and Royal Saxon.

[2] Briton called at Coppang on Timor Island to replenish water and other provisions.

Briton transited the Straits of Malacca and was sailing towards Calcutta when she encountered a cyclone on 10 November.