She made six voyages as a "regular ship" for the British East India Company (EIC).

She was at Madras again on 1 January 1789, reached St Helena on 23 April, and arrived at The Downs on 21 June.

[3] War with France had commenced on 1 February 1793 and Captain Lloyd acquired a letter of marque on 20 November 1793.

The British government held Manship at Portsmouth, together with a number of other Indiamen in anticipation of using them as transports for an attack on Île de France (Mauritius).

[3] While the Indiamen gathered at St Helena, the 64-gun third rate HMS Sceptre, under the command of Captain William Essington, arrived with a convoy of EIC ships sailing to India and China.

Essington had prevailed upon Colonel Robert Brooke, the governor of St Helena, to lend him some troops and to put the EIC vessels there at the time under his command to form a squadron to try and intercept the Dutch.

On 22 August the returning EIC ships and the prizes, a convoy of some 20 vessels, sailed for Shannon, where most arrived on 13 December.

[4] Captain John Altham Cumberlege acquired a letter of marque on 9 February 1796 and sailed from Portsmouth on 12 April 1796, bound for Madras and Bengal.

Homeward bound, she was at the Cape on 16 October, reached St Helena on 11 November, and arrived at The Downs on 30 January 1798.

[3] Captain John Altham Cumberlege sailed from Portsmouth on 2 April 1799, bound for Madras and Bengal.

She appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1802 with John Logan, master, J. Annen, owner, and trade London–India.

She was part of a convoy under escort by HMS Seahorse that also included General Stuart, Northampton, Sarah Christiana, Comet, Sovereign, Caledonia, Ann, Princess Mary, Varuna, Carron, Elizabeth, Monarch, and Friendship.