She made two voyages as an "extra ship" (i.e., under charter) for the British East India Company (EIC), though capture by a French privateer cut short the second.

On her return leg she was at Diamond Harbour on 16 March, Saint Helena on 1 June, the River Shannon on 13 September, and The Downs on 13 October.

Captain Christopher sailed for Bengal again in 1796,[2] but on 19 July the French corvette Moineau captured her off the Cape of Good Hope.

In March 1803, Lloyd's List reported that Lady Shore had left Gibraltar on 11 February in a convoy under the escort of HMS Halcyon.

[7] Lloyd's List reported that the "Lady Shore Transport" had run aground at Margate on the morning of 29 November 1814, but that she had been gotten off the next day with only the loss of an anchor.