As a transport she carried troops and supplies to such destinations as Sierra Leone, Fernando Po, Ceylon, and the West Indies.

British ships were then free to sail to India or the Indian Ocean under a license from the EIC.

[7] On 3 October 1823 Stentor, Harris, master, ran aground on the Long Sand near Saugor Point while sailing from Bengal back to London.

She had been sailing from London to Africa and had reached Longitude 16°, but on 29 September experienced heavy gale.

In 1831 Stentor transported supplies to Fernando Po where the Royal Navy wished to establish a naval depot where the ships of the West Africa Squadron might refit and re-provision.

[10] (The West Africa, or Preventative Squadron, was employed in suppressing the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.)