The British captured her and between 1801 and 1808 she became a Liverpool based slave ship, making four voyages in the triangular trade in enslaved people.

Roe first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1801 with A.Nicholson, master, John Shaw, owner, and trade Liverpool–Africa.

[1] In 1797 Shaw had owned an earlier slave ship named Roe that the French had captured in 1798 after she had delivered enslaved people to Demerara.

[3] Captain Thomas Molyneux sailed from Liverpool on 30 December 1802, bound for West Africa.

[4] Roe arrived in Kingston, Jamaica on 26 November 1803 and there disembarked 343 captives.

[7] Between 1 January 1806 and 1 May 1807, 185 vessels cleared Liverpool outward bound in the slave trade.

Roe, Bateman, master, arrived at Rio de Janeiro on 6 July 1810.

[9] Captain John Oberry acquired a letter of marque on 6 August 1812.

Dameron then put 29 officers and men into boats and they boarded Roe.