On 28 August 1801 John Woolmore and the EIC agreed a contract for Huddart, which was at best still building, for eight voyages at £13 10s per ton as a peacetime freight.

)[4] EIC voyage #1 (1803-1804): Captain Thomas Gabriel Bayliff sailed from The Downs on 21 March 1803, bound for St Helena and Bombay.

[1] EIC voyage #2 (1804-1805): Captain William John Eastfield acquired a letter of marque on 28 July 1804.

Homeward bound, she was at Saugor 3 June, reached St Helena on 22 October, and arrived at The Downs on 23 December.

[1] EIC voyage #3 (1806-1807): Captain Thomas Gabriel Bayliff acquired a letter of marque on 14 April 1806.

Homeward bound, she was at 14 Mar Point de Galle or 14 March, reached St Helena on 14 May, and arrived at The Downs on 6 September.

[1] EIC voyage #5 (1810-1812): Captain Nesbit sailed from Portsmouth on 14 March 1810, in a convoy bound for Madras and Bengal.

[1] Nesbit landed with the invasion force, bringing many of his crew with him, as did Captain Joseph Yates of City of London.

[1] EIC voyage #6 (1813-1814): Captain Nesbitt sailed from Portsmouth on 14 April 1813, bound for Madras and Bengal.

[1] EIC voyage #7 (1815-1816): Captain Charles Weller sailed from The Downs on 2 April 1815, bound for Madras and Bengal.

Homeward bound, she was at Tellicherry on 17 December, reached St Helena on 17 March 1818, and arrived at the Downs on 9 June.

Lloyd's List reported on 16 October 1821 that a gale wind had driven Huddart, Appleton, master, on to the rocks near Wolf’s Cove.