In 1839 she assumed a Danish name and registry as a short-lived subterfuge to evade Chinese government restrictions on the opium trade.

Captain Hugh Reid sailed Vansitart for England, leaving Calcutta on 27 December 1813.

[3] On 18 May, as HMS Semiramis was approaching St Helena during the night, Vansittart hit and badly damaged her.

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 21 January 1816, reached St Helena on 28 March, and arrived at the Downs on 12 May.

[3] When Vansittart arrived back at London she discharged her crew, including her Chinese sailors hired in Canton.

[6] Homeward bound, Vansittart crossed the Second Bar on 20 December, reached St Helena on 24 March 1818, and arrived at the Downs on 4 June.

Homeward-bound she crossed the Second Bar on 18 April, reached St Helena on 9 August, and arrived at the Downs on 13 October.

Homeward-bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 27 January 1824, reached St Helena on 13 April, and arrived at the Downs on 10 June.

Homeward-bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 1 January 1826, reached St Helena on 12 March, and arrived at the Downs on 16 May.

Homeward-bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 12 January 1828, reached St Helena on 11 April, and arrived at the Downs on 4 June.

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 17 March, reached St Helena on 13 July, and arrived at the Downs on 7 September.

Homeward-bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 1 November, reached st Helena on 26 January 1832, and arrived at the Downs on 18 March.

Homeward-bound, she crossed the second Bar on 11 December, reached St Helena on 16 March 1834, and arrived at the Downs on 30 April.

[12] The outbreak of the First Opium War in mid-1840 ended the Chinese restrictions on British vessels and trade with the United Kingdom.

By September 1840, the Danish vice-consul in Manila reported that Vansittart had returned to her name and the English flag.