Gilwell (or Gillwell) was launched in 1801 at Howrah, Calcutta as a "country ship", that is, she traded east of the Cape of Good Hope.

[3] On her return to India, Gilwell carried the English painter George Chinnery as a passenger.

Her captors sold Gilwell to Arabs at Jiddah, who renamed her Fyzal Curreem.

[2] The 1819 and 1824 volumes of the East-India directory made no mention in list of vessels belonging to Calcutta, Madras, or Bombay under any name.

The 1827 volume of the East India directory showed Cashmere Merchant as belonging to Calcutta.

[1] The 1829 volume did not report the names of her master or managing owner, but it did describe her as being built at Howrah.

[11] In the 1830s Cashmere Merchant was reported trading from Calcutta with China, Burma, Mauritius, and Singapore.