England first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1813 with E. Reay, master, T.Ward, owner, and trade London transport.

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

[7] Under the command of Captain John Reay and surgeon George Thomson, she left the Downs, England, on 6 May 1826, and arrived in Sydney on 18 September.

[2] On her second convict voyage she sailed under the command of Captain James Blyth and surgeon Thomas Wilson.

[13] Lloyd's Register for 1842 shows England with Lewis, master, T. Ward, owner, and trade London, changing to London–Sierra Leone.

After leaving The Downs, she encountered a hurricane that caused her ballast to shift, which put her on her beam ends.

She foundered in the North Sea 3 leagues (9 nautical miles (17 km)) off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.