EIC voyage #1 (1780-1782): Captain James Baldwin sailed from Torbay on April 1780, bound for Madras, Bombay, and China.

Homeward bound, she left Whampoa on 31 January 1782, reached St Helena on 14 July, and arrived at The Downs on 24 October.

[5] EIC voyage #2 (1784-1785): Captain William Mackintosh sailed from The Downs on 19 January 1784, bound for Madras and China.

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 25 January 1785, reached St Helena on 5 June, and arrived at the Downs on 1 September.

[5] EIC voyage #4 (1788-1789): Captain John Bartlett sailed from The Downs on 9 March 1788, bound for Madras and China.

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

Contractor reached Rio de Janeiro on 4 July and arrived at Diamond Harbour on 15 September.

[6] The expedition sailed on 6 October, 16 November, and 9 December, but weather forced the vessels to put back.

The fleet finally successfully sailed on 20 March to invade St Lucia, with troops under Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby.