A French privateer captured her in late 1804, but she quickly returned to British ownership in Bombay in a process that is currently obscure.

[10] HMS Protector, Lieutenant Lord George Mouat Keith, participated in the capture of the Dutch Cape Colony in January 1806.

At some point Protector captured a Dutch East Indiaman off the Cape that turned out to be James Sibbald.

James Sibbald reached Madeira on 30 June and Madras on 26 September; she arrived at Calcutta on 17 November.

Homeward bound, she was at Point de Galle on 12 January 1814, reached St Helena on 1 March, and arrived at the Downs on 31 May.

[3] In 1817 George Gooch sold James Sibbald to Captain John Blanshard, who renamed her Doris.

6th EIC voyage (1825): Captain Forbes sailed from the Downs on 1 June 1825, bound for Bombay, which she reached on 1 October.

She arrived at Colvin's Ghat (Calcutta) on 1 April 8th EIC voyage (1828–1829): Captain Richard Cole sailed from the Downs on 3 July 1828.

[3] James Sibbald, Cole, master, sailed from Calcutta on 26 February 1829 with the headquarters and other troops of the 47th Regiment of Foot.

On 29 December 1832 James Sibbald, William Darby, master was sailing from Bengal when she was lost on Point Gordewain at the entrance of Coringa Bay.

On 14 June 1833 Lloyd’s Shipping List reported, "The cargo saved from the James Sibbald, built in Bombay, and wrecked on reefs off Coringa in 1832, has been reshipped per Charles Eaton."