She made ten voyages for the British East India Company (EIC).

Consequently, the captains seeking to employ Chinese sailors would generally embark them in the Pearl River delta, after passing the Bocca Tigris.

[4] The EIC permitted its captains to employ Chinese sailors, but after 1805, only for the homeward journey.

Chinese sailors were then to be discharged on their arrival in England, with the cost of their repatriation being charged to the vessel.

Princess Amelia reached Penang on 23 July, and 6 November arrived at Whampoa Anchorage.

Princess Amelia reached Madras on 27 July, Penang on 18 September, and Malacca on 28 October.

[2] On 28 November 1812, at Gravesend, Princess Amelia took on board 64 Chinese sailors as passengers.

[2] In the Pearl River Delta, i.e., before reaching Whampoa, the remaining 42 Chinese sailors left her.

[7] She reached Macao on 21 February 1814 and St Helena on 26 May, and arrived at the Downs on 10 August.

[7] Princess Amelia reached St Helena on 3 March 1816, and arrived at the Downs on 2 May.

[2] She discharged the Chinese sailors on 14 May at Blackwall, where they were paid their wages for five months and six days on the ship.

[7] On this voyage Princess Amelia carried 380 Chinese sailors who had been released from their vessels in London and hadn't found passage home.

She arrived at Lintin Island on 2 February 1817, where she disembarked the remaining 225 sailors, one having died en route.

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 25 February, reached St Helena on 5 June, and arrived at the Downs on 26 July.

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 11 December, reached St Helena on 14 April 1821, and arrived at the Downs on 8 May.

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 31 October, reached St Helena on 16 February 1823, and arrived back at the Downs on 17 April.

Homeward bound, she was at Tiger Island on 16 January 1825, reached St Helena on 5 April, and arrived back at the Downs on 25 May.