In 1793, the Company sent her on a voyage along the coast to trade for African commodities that she brought back to Freetown for re-export.

[2] In August 1796, the French privateers Africane and Carmagnole captured Ocean, Macaulay, master, off the coast of Africa.

The news of the capture of the vessels, including Ocean, reached the governor at Freetown on 3 September.

[7] An American trader in enslaved people named McLeod, purchased Ocean at Gorée.

[8] In late 1797 or early 1798 HMS Daedalus and HMS Hornet captured six French vessels off Gorée:[9] Two of these were Daedalus and Hornet, were working with the letter of marque slave ships Ellis and St Anne to find and defeat "Renaud's Squadron".