[1][4][5] Captain Kirkpatrick left the Downs on 13 October 1802, bound for the Cape of Good Hope, Madras, Bombay, and China.

[2] On 14 February 1804, the China Fleet, under the command of Commodore Nathaniel Dance, intimidated, drove off and chased a powerful French naval squadron at Pulo Aura.

Dance's aggressive tactics persuaded Contre-Admiral Charles-Alexandre Durand Linois to retire after only a brief exchange of fire.

Dance then chased the French warships until his convoy was out of danger, whereupon he resumed his passage towards British India.

Lloyd's Patriotic Fund and other national and mercantile institutions made a series of awards of ceremonial swords, silver plate, and monetary gifts to individual officers.

On 7 August Henry Addington was in company with the East Indiamen Ocean, Dorsetshire, and Cumberland in a convoy escorted by naval vessels under the command of Sir Thomas Troubridge.

[7] The British exchanged fire with three French warships that included Belle Poule and Marengo,[7] which did not press the attack.

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 13 December, reached St Helena on 31 March 1812, and arrived at The Downs on 13 May.

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 20 January 1815, reached St Helena on 12 May, and arrived at The Downs on 19 August.