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

For Calcutta, to call at Madras if sufficient Encouragement offers, the new ship CLYDESDALE, Duncan M'Kellar, commander, burthen 583 tons, coppered and copper fastened: she is in every respect a first class vessel and has very superior accommodation for Passengers, having two elegant large cabins, commodious state-rooms, and an experienced Surgeon on board; is now ready to receive goods, and will sail early in January.

Six of the finest vessels in the British Mercantile Marine, all of them built at this port, set sail on their first voyages to the East and West Indies and South.

[10] Lloyd's Register reported that Clydesdale, M'Kellar, master, sailed for Calcutta on 20 February 1820.

She arrived back in the Clyde on 5 March 1821, having left Bengal on about 28 October 1820, and from the Cape of Good Hope on 23 December.

[13] They established the firm of Aspinall Browne & Co. in Sydney, with the intent of acquiring wool for Liverpool.

[16] Britomart left Mauritius on 14 August, the Cape on 20 September, and St Helena on 5 October.