At the outbreak of war with France, she briefly became a privateer before the British East India Company (EIC) chartered her for one voyage to bring back sugar, saltpeter, and other goods from Bengal.

[2] After her return, Comet became a West Indiaman, with Captain Anthony Hooper acquiring a letter of marque on 6 September 1797.

Garonne also captured Alert, Bligh, master, which was sailing from St Ubes to Limerick.

Garonne put Hooper and Bligh aboard Minerva, Gardner, master, which carried them into Falmouth.

[10] 1st whaling voyage (1812–1815): Captain Abel Scurr sailed from Hull on 3 September 1812, bound for Peru and the Galapagos.

[13] Comet arrived off the coast of Chile only to undergo detention between January 1813 and March 1814 at Talcahuano.

Lloyd's List reported on 11 March 1817 that Comet, Sugden, master, had arrived at Dominica from Hull.

[11] 3rd whaling voyage (1819–1821): Captain Stewart (or Steward) sailed from Deal for the South Seas on 3 November 1819, having come from Hull.

[11] On her return from the South Seas, Comet made a voyage to Russia, and then became a whaler in the Northern Whale Fishery.

The following data is from Coltish:[19] After several disappointing years as a whaler, her owners shifted her employment to mercantile trade.

Comet ran aground on 1 December 1843 on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk; her crew abandoned her.