[3] On 18 February 1807 Dowson was in the Downs when a gale came up that wreaked havoc among the vessels there.

British ships were then free to sail east of the Cape to India, the Indian Ocean, or Australia under a licence from the EIC.

[5] On 22 May 1815 Dowson, Gibbons, master, sailed from Deal, bound for the Cape and New South Wales.

On 17 July Dowson put into Pernambuco to caulk her upper works.

[7] On 7 November 1821, Dowson parted from her anchors and ran aground on the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay.

[2] Her crew abandoned Dowson, Coulson, master, (or Jn.Coupon),in the Atlantic Ocean on 19 October 1836 at 46°N 56°W / 46°N 56°W / 46; -56.