From 1818, after repairs to damage from a fire in 1817, she sailed as an East Indiaman until she wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope in 1822.

[5] On 20 November 1817 Sarah, Baker, master, was bound for Jamaica when she caught fire in the Float (North Docks) at Bristol.

[6][a] She sustained considerable damage and her owner, P.J.Miles decided to sell her, and William Miles, his other large ship.

[8] On 19 April 1819,[9] Sarah, James Norton, master, "late of the Company's service" sailed for Bombay, via Madeira, Cape of Good Hope and the Île de France.

[1] Lloyd's Register's list of ships sailing under a license from the EIC gave her owner's name as E. Read, and her destination as Fort St George (Madras.