Orpheus enters Lloyd's Register in 1794 with G. Bowen, master, St Barbe & Co., owner, and trade London—India.

The to-and-fro done, Orpheus reached St Helena on 8 October and arrived at the Downs on 23 November.

[9] One report has Batson, Limehouse, building Orpheus in 1798 for Cristall & Co.[2] However, EIC records in the British Library simply have Bateson repairing her.

However, she leaves the body of the 1802 Lloyd's Register, and reappears in the supplemental pages with J. Beavens, master, Mill & Co., owner, and sailing between London and Jamaica.

[10] Lloyd's List reported on 28 January 1803 that Orpheus, Bevans, master, had to put into Bearhaven because of the loss of her maintopsail yard.

In 1819–1820 Orpheus served as a transport in the Royal Navy-EIC expedition against the Joasmi pirates at Ras-al-Khaimah.

She brought some 213 passengers, comprising the men of the three New South Wales Veterans Companies, and their wives and children.

Lloyd's Register for 1829 has Orphew, Findlay & Co., owner, built at Chester in 1795, sailing between Cork and Antwerp with Duff as master.

[15] Lloyd's List reported on 11 March 1828 that Orpheus, Duff, master, had gotten into Antwerp after grounding on the Van Warden Bank.

It is quite possible that her owner(s) sold her after the mishap on the Goodwin Sands and that all the subsequent listings in Lloyd's Register represent stale information.