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

On 19 December 1836, Egyptian, one of the Union Line of packets, Sayers, master, arrived in London after a passage of 24 days.

She carried a cargo of silk, ivory, cochineal, indigo, woo, spice, drugs, etc., valued at some £50,000.

[6] 1st convict voyage to Tasmania (1839): Captain John Skelton sailed from Sheerness on 9 April 1839.

On 20 October 1839, Egyptian, Skelton, master, sailed from Hobart Town to Ceylon.

2nd convict voyage to Tasmania (1840): Captain Skelton arrived at Kingstown, Dublin on 3 August 1840.

Actually, on 4 September 1843, Egyptian, Walmsley, master, sailed from Gravesend, Kent for Sierra Leone.

Egyptian was wrecked 20 October 1843, on the Red Bank, off the coast of the Gambia Colony and Protectorate.