On 8 August 1798 Matthew White and the EIC agreed a contract for Hugh Inglis, which was at best still building, with a permanent peace freight of £19 17s 6d per ton with kentledge.

Hugh Inglis reached St Helena on 14 August and arrived at Whampoa Anchorage on 22 January 1801.

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 27 February, reached St Helena on 21 September, and arrived at The Downs on 4 December.

[2] EIC voyage #2 (1803–1805): [2] Captain Fairfax sailed from Portsmouth on 12 March 1803, bound for Madras and Bengal.

Hugh Inglis reached Madras on 18 August and arrived at Diamond Harbour on 5 September.

Hugh Inglis reached Madras on 28 June and arrived at Diamond Harbour on 10 July.

Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 23 January 1807, Point de Galle on 15 March, and St Helena on 13 June.

[8] The hull of one of the four missing vessels was sighted overturned off Mauritius the following October, but sank before it could be identified.

[2] EIC voyage #5 (1810–1812): Captain Wood sailed from Portsmouth on 14 March 1810, bound for Madras and Bengal.

Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 14 December, Madras again on 25 January 1814, Colombo on 14 February, and the Cape on 24 April.

[2] EIC voyage #7 (1816–1817): Captain William Fairfax sailed from The Downs on 17 April 1816, bound for China.

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 21 December, reached St Helena on 20 March 1817, and arrived at The Downs on 29 May.