[1] EIC voyage #1 (1802–1803): Captain John Locke, Jr. sailed from Portsmouth on 18 March 1802, during the Peace of Amiens, bound for Madras and the Moluccas.
Homeward bound, Marchioness of Exeter reached St Helena on 3 June and arrived back at the Downs on 21 August.
[2] EIC voyage #2 (1804–1805): Captain Alexander Nash acquired a letter of marque on 21 January 1804.
Marchioness of Exeter reached Madras on 27 July and Masulipatnam on 21 August, and arrived at Diamond Harbour on 1 September.
Homeward bound, she was at Diamond Haboour on 26 July, Saugor n 20 August, Vizagapatam on 12 September, Madras on 3 October, and the Cape of 30 December.
[2] 4th EIC voyage (1809–1810): Captain Nash sailed from Portsmouth on 28 April 1809, bound for Madeira and Bombay.
Homeward bound, she was at Point de Galle on 26 February 1810, reached St Helena on 3 May, and arrived back at the Downs on 6 July.
[2] 5th EIC voyage (1811–1812): Captain William Baynes acquired a letter of marque on 6 February 1811.
Marchioness of Exeter reached St Helena on 30 May and arrived at Diamond Harbour on 19 September.
[2] 6th EIC voyage (1813–1814): Captain Baynes sailed from Portsmouth on 2 June 1813, bound for Ceylon and Bengal.
[2] Marchioness of Exeter sailed for home in company with Union and "Little Pitt",[b] and under escort by the 74-gun third rate HMS Danmark.
Union reached the Cape on 18 June, after having thrown her guns and part of her cargo overboard in bad weather; her captain had also died during the storm.
He reported that Marchioness of Exeter, in addition to her officers, had 100 English sailors and 50 lascars and Chinese.
The Americans negotiated with Captain Baines that they would also receive one pound of bread per man per day.
There a three-day gale in October caused a great deal of damage to the vessel, which was also running out of food.
Fortunately, after the gale subsided, the convoy encountered a transport with provisions sufficient for all the surviving vessels.
[2] 7th EIC voyage (1816–1817): Captain Thomas Gilpin sailed from the Downs on 21 April 1816, bound directly for China.
British ships were then free to sail to India or the Indian Ocean under a licence from the EIC.