EIC voyage #1 (1782–1784): Captain James West sailed from Portsmouth on 6 February 1782, bound for Madras, Bengal, and China.
Dutton reached Rio de Janeiro on 30 April, Mozambique on 8 August, Bombay on 6 September, and Madras on 19 October.
[3] EIC voyage #3 (1788–1789): Captain James Hunt sailed from The Downs on 7 January 1788, bound for Bombay and China.
[3] EIC voyage #4 (1791–1792): Captain James Hamilton sailed from The Downs on 27 March 1791, bound for Madras and Bengal.
She reached Maio, Cape Verde, on 3 May and Madras on 12 August, and arrived at Diamond Harbour on 1 September.
[2] The British government held Dutton at Portsmouth, together with a number of other Indiamen in anticipation of using them as transports for an attack on Île de France (Mauritius).
[3] On 25 July 1795 the British government took up Dutton and many other Indiamen and other ships for Admiral Hugh Cloberry Christian's expedition to the West Indies to carry the troops under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby.
[5] The expedition sailed from Plymouth on 6 October, 16 November, and 9 December, but weather forced the vessels to put back.