After her whaling voyages Sarah became a transport, a West Indiaman, and traded with North America.

The registers were only as accurate as shipowners chose to keep them, and in this case they carried stale data for some time.

The 1809 register showed Sarah with A. Bristow, master, Enderby, owner, and trade London–South Seas.

[1] Sarah, Abraham Bristow, master, sailed from England on 24 March 1807, bound for New Zealand.

[6] The British letter of marque Enterprize, Bateman, master, recaptured Sarah on 10 November and sent her to Cadiz or Lisbon.

[3] Lloyd's Register for 1814 showed Sarah with Weatherly, master, Mather & Co., owners, and trade London transport.