She made one voyage as an extra ship (i.e., on short-term charter), for the British East India Company (EIC).

These authorized the vessel's master to engage in offensive action against the French, should the occasion arise, not just defend herself.

[2] For her voyage for the EIC, Captain John Tyrie applied for a letter of marque, which he received on 31 July 1798.

On 25 September the convoy encountered a French fleet of nine sail, consisting of one eighty-gun ship and eight frigates.

The letter gives a crew size of 100 men, suggesting, if the number is correct, that Glennie & Co. wished to use her as a privateer.