She made six voyages for the EIC and participated as a transport in Admiral Hugh Cloberry Christian's expedition in 1795–96 to the West Indies.

She was named after Sir Charles Raymond, 1st Baronet (1713–1788), a prominent EIC Captain, and after his retirement from the sea, manager of their voyages.

Raymond reached St Helena on 12 March 1785, Batavia on 20 July, Benkulen on 14 September, and Manna (southeast of Bencoolen), on 15 January 1786.

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 13 March, reached St Helena on 25 June, and arrived at The Downs on 25 August.

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

Homeward bound she was at Tellicherry on 21 January 1795, reached St Helena on 18 March, and arrived at The Downs on 23 July.

[2] The British Government took up a number of East Indiamen, Raymond among them, and other transports to carry troops on Admiral Christian's expedition to the West Indies.

The Fleet attempted to sail again on 9 December, but bad weather forced most of the warships to return to port on 26 January 1796.

The French had fired primarily at the Indiamen's masts and riggings; even so, Raymond had three killed and four or five wounded, among them a woman passenger grazed by a splinter.

[7] The next day the French, under a flag of truce, sent the captains, crews, and passengers of both ships ashore at Tellicherry with their baggage.

She sailed from Île de France on 25 February 1799, bound for Boston, carrying the French Intendant General and his family, and a number of settlers, all concerned about the unsettled state of the colony.