EIC voyage #1 (1785-1786): Captain Jonathan Court sailed from the Downs on 11 February 1785, bound for Bombay and Bengal.

[3] EIC voyage #2 (1786-1787): Captain George Millet (or Millett), sailed from the Downs on 21 November 1786 bound for Bombay and China.

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 4 January, reached st Helena on 5 April, and arrived at the Downs on 22 June.

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 24 November, reached St Helena on 24 February 1790, and arrived at the downs on 28 April.

[2] EIC voyage #5 (1794-1795): The British government held King George at Portsmouth, together with a number of other Indiamen in anticipation of using them as transports for an attack on Île de France (Mauritius).

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 5 January 1795, reached St Helena on 14 April, and arrived at the Downs on 23 July.

[2] She sailed for the West Indies on 9 December,[4] but bad weather delayed the start of the expedition and the vessels had to put back to England.

[5] After numerous false starts aborted by weather issues, the fleet sailed on 26 April to invade St Lucia, with troops under Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby.

Because Colnett had a letter of marque, King George was a "Private man-of-war", and the Navy's Articles of War applied at sea.

Had Reid struck Colnett aboard King George, the charge would have been mutiny, for which the penalty would have been death.