In 1786 Lloyd's Register showed Hercules with Ar[thur] Bold, master, Barber & Co., owner, and trade London–Africa.

[1] 1st voyage transporting enslaved people (1786–1788): Captain Arthur Bold sailed from London on 26 April 1786.

Hercules started acquiring captives on 13 July 1786, first at Anomabu, then at Cape Coast Castle, and finally at Dixcove.

Captain John Knox sailed from London on 23 July 1789 and acquired captives at Iles de Los.

[5] Lloyd's List reported on 5 February 1793 that Hercules had been lost on the island of Cuba as she was sailing from Jamaica.