In 1801 William served as a transport vessel supporting Major-General Sir David Baird's expedition to the Red Sea.

Baird commanded Indian army troops going to Egypt to help General Ralph Abercromby expel the French there.

[4] EIC voyage (1809–1810): Captain Rodney Kempt sailed from Bengal on 23 May 1809 and arrived at Bombay on 4 August.

[7] William became a West Indiaman, sailing to Trinidad, St Lucia, and Martinique.

On 12 July 1810 William, Gumm, master, capsized in a squall at Point-à-Pitre with the loss of five of her crew.