On 25 April 1807 Wanstead, Wilson, master, was sailing from London and Madeira to Barbados and Jamaica.
In the 4-hour single-ship action that ensued, Wanstead had one man killed and five wounded before she struck.
[5] On 26 March 1810 Wanstead, Morton, master, was sailing from Jamaica to London when the French privateer Grand Decidé, of 18 guns and 200 men, captured her.
[14] On 28 October 1818 Wanstead, Young, master, was in Madras Roads when a gale drove her and a number of other vessels out.
[16] Wanstead, Smith, master, was wrecked on 11 July 1820 at Irvin's Bay, Grenada, after her cables parted during a storm.