English transliterations of her name show her as Shah or Shaw + Adaseer, or Ardaseer, or Ardasier, or Adasier, or Ardasheer, or Ardeseer, or Ardesir.

Shah Ardaseer was built in Bombay in 1784,[5] 1786,[6] or 1787,[7][8][9] or 1788;[10][11] although there are more citations for 1787, it is not clear that they represent independent information.

[14] Shaw Ardasier gained wider fame in 1793 when dramatic reports reached London of the killing by a tiger of a son of Sir Hector Munro of Novar, while the ship was lying off Saugur Island at the mouth of the Hooghly River.

[15] The Calcutta Gazette carried the story, but also reported that Shaw Ardasier had arrived at Madras on 4 January "after a quick and pleasant voyage".

[1] Ardaseer then appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1800 with Maughan, master, Adamson, owner, and trade London–India.

[25] Lloyd's List reported on 30 May 1800 that Shaw Ardrasier had run down and sunk Westmoreland, Ayre, master.

[26] The government in India, in preparation for sending an expedition to the Red Sea, engaged three country ships, Shaw Ardesir, Cumbrian, and Minerva, and commissioned them on terms that would permit them to share in prize money.

[32] Lloyd's List reported that she had burnt in Bombay Harbour and that half her cargo had been on board.

[33] From 1804 to 1810, when she was broken up, HMS Arrogant had sat in Bombay harbour as a floating battery, receiving ship and then sheer hulk.

[4] Admiral Drury renamed the purchased vessel HMS Arrogant and decided to use her as a floating hospital.