She made one voyage for the EIC and was only five days into her second when she wrecked in 1798 at the Isle of Wight.

Henry Addington reached the Cape of Good Hope on 29 September and arrived at Whampoa Anchorage on 2 February 1797.

On the homeward-bound leg, she was at Bally Town, which is slightly up river from Calcutta, on 14 September.

Only five days later, on 9 December, Henry Addington struck the Bembridge Ledge on the Isle of Wight, during a heavy fog.

Also, a block falling from the mizzen mast hit a boy on the head, killing him.