[5] On 5 August she was on her way from Grenada to Liverpool when a lightning strike damaged her, forcing her to go to St Thomas for repairs.

On 16 July Tarleton was in company with the privateer Eliza, of Liverpool, Canny, master, at 32°30′N 18°40′W / 32.500°N 18.667°W / 32.500; -18.667.

In 1796 her master changed to Thomas Cannell, her primary owner to Daniel Backhouse (secondary remained Tarleton), and she became an enslaving ship, making one voyage from the Bight of Benin and Gulf of Guinea islands to Jamaica.

Thirteen were lost in the Middle Passage, sailing between the African coast and the West Indies.

[14] Tarleton reappeared in Lloyd's Register in 1804, with Stoddard, master, Phynn & Co., owner, and trade London–Demerara.

[2] There is no evidence that Tarleton was a prize and the timing suggests that she may have been purchased during the Peace of Amiens.

[15] Lloyd's List reported that a gale had driven Tarleton, Jefferson, master on shore at the Cape of Good Hope.