EIC voyage #1 (1788–1789): Captain John Corner sailed from The Downs on 29 January 1788, bound for Madras and China.

Carnatic was at Madeira on 3 March, reached Madras on 26 June, was at Penang on 24 August, and arrived at Whampoa anchorage on 15 October.

[3] EIC voyage #2 (1791–1792): Captain Corner sailed from Portsmouth on 3 February 1791, bound for Madras and China.

[3] Captain Corner brought several Camellia japonica 'Alba Plena' back with him for Gilbert Slater.

[2] The British government held Carnatic at Portsmouth, together with 38 other Indiamen in anticipation of using them as transports for an attack on Île de France (Mauritius).

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 5 March, and reached Malacca on 26 April and St Helena on 31 August.

[5] EIC voyage #5 (1798–1800): Captain Jackson sailed from Portsmouth on 31 December 1798, bound for Bombay and China.

Carnatic reached the Cape of Good Hope on 25 March 1799, Johanna on 12 May, and Bombay on 11 June.