She made two voyages transporting enslaved people in 1805 and 1806, and was captured in January 1807, on her way into London after having delivered her captives to Antigua in 1806.

She was reported at the Cape Verde islands in January 1792, Rio de Janeiro in February, and off the coast of Peru in November.

[6][a] Captain Thomas Melville sailed in late 1793, to transport stores to Port Jackson and then engage in whaling.

[6] Melville had been captain on Britannia, also a whaler belonging to Samuel Enderby & Sons, in 1791, when she had been one of 11 ships of the Third Fleet, bound for the Sydney penal settlement.

[14] Speedy departed Sydney on 8 August, and arrived back in London in November 1802, with 150 tons of sperm oil.

[6] From 1801 to 1807, Lloyd's Register continued to carry her with "Questade" as master, S. Enderby as owner, and her trade as a transport operating out of London.

The Register of Shipping for 1805 showed Speedy with H. Aitkins, master, Swansby, owner, and trade London-Africa.

[1] Then in 1805 and 1806 Speedy made two voyages as a slave ship, gathering captives on the Gold Coast, and carrying them to the West Indies.

[2] The Essequebo and Demerary Gazette published on 15 June the following advertisement: "William Mackenzie & Co. will expose for Sale, on Wednesday the 19th Instant; - 250 Prime Gold Coast Negroes, the Cargo of the Ship Speedy, Capt.

[16] Lloyd's List for 27 January 1807, stated that the reports that Speedy, Laten, master, had arrived in the Thames were premature.

[17] Then on 17 February, Lloyd's List reported that the privateer Glaneur, of Saint-Malo had captured Speedy, from Antigua to London, and taken her into Île de Ré on 19 January.