On her sixth voyage, while under the command of Captain William Moffat, she captured the French 14-gun privateer Malartic.

In 1803 her owners sent her out to India to sail in the coastal trade; her subsequent fate is unknown.

Captain James Rattray commanded Phoenix on her first voyage, which was to Madras and Bengal.

[1] On her return voyage she brought with her a beautiful gray Arabian stallion whose price, including transport costs, was £1510.

Before leaving, Gray engaged a Scotsman, Alexander Macdonald, to ship aboard Phoenix as his servant and occasional piper.

[1] In mid-October, she took on board "450 sepoys with their officers, and a cargo of rice, paddy, gram, doll, and gee for the army on the Malabar coast."

[7] In the beginning of November she left Madras roads, but encountered a sudden squall that almost put her on her beam ends.

[7] Adverse winds made it difficult to pass the Cape of Good Hope, but Phoenix arrived at St Helena on 5 April.

[8] This voyage took place after the commencement of the French Revolutionary Wars, so the Company arranged for Phoenix to sail under a letter of marque.

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

[1] The Admiralty chartered Phoenix as a troopship for Admiral Hugh Cloberry Christian's expedition to the West Indies.

She sailed for the West Indies on 9 December, but bad weather delayed the start of the expedition and the vessels had to put back to England.

[9] After numerous false starts aborted by weather issues, the fleet sailed on 26 April to invade St Lucia, with troops under Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby.

[12] The captains of all the vessels sued the EIC for reimbursement for expenses consequent on the delay to their homeward bound journeys, and for the eight regular ships, the additional risks involved in the detours to Penang.

[14] Capturing General Malartic earned Moffat the public award of an honour sword.

The privateer had captured several East Indiamen, including Raymond, Woodcot, and Princess Royal, all of the same size as Phoenix.

[15][b] Fifteen days after capturing Malartic Phoenix reached Kedgeree, and on 7 December she arrived at Diamond Harbour.

On board she carried Major-General Sir David Baird, who was going to Trincomalee to take a faster ship to Bombay.

[18] There he would take command of the Indian army that was going to Egypt to help General Ralph Abercromby expel the French there.

She was in company with several other Indiamen: Fort William, Worcester, Airly Castle, Lord Hawkesbury, and Rockingham.

[22]) It is possible that the French privateer Henriette (Captain Henri), captured Phoenix on 13 November 1805.