[1] She left Bengal on 29 August in company with the frigate HMS Howe, but they parted a few days later;[4] Union reached St Helena on 30 November.

Mackintosh had signalled that he wanted to put into the Cape of Good Hope for water and fresh provisions.

Captain Vaughn of Skelton Castle replied that he did not need either and that he would take advantage off the fair winds and go on to Madras.

It appears that Vaughn wanted Skelton Castle to be the first ship of the season to arrive in India and so benefit his own cargo.

[1] Captain George Simpson sailed from Portsmouth on 17 September 1808, bound for Madras and Bengal.

[1] Captain Robert Rankine sailed from Portsmouth on 12 March 1811, bound for Bombay, Madras, and Bengal.

She arrived at St Helena on 12 May,[1] and left on the 24th with the fleet under escort by HMS Phaeton, but parted from them a few days later.

[1] Union traveled in company with Marchioness of Exeter and "Little Pitt",[a] and under escort by the 74-gun third rate HMS Danmark.

Captain Rankine had been unwell for some weeks and was unable to exit his cabin, which flooded with water.

She left the Cape on 25 August, was at St Helena on 6 September, and arrived at the Downs on 16 November.

Union was at Madeira on 10 June and at Diamond Harbour on 16 November; she arrived at Calcutta on 8 December.

She left Batavia on 10 August, reached St Helena on 17 October, and arrived at the Downs on 16 December.

She reached Madras on 6 March, Colombo on 7 April, the Cape on 18 June, and St Helena on 17 July.