Woodcot reached Johanna on 12 July and Madras on 12 August, before she arrived at Whampoa Anchorage on 11 December.

Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 2 April 1788, reached St Helena on 12 August and Carrick Roads on 31 October, and arrived at The Downs on 13 November.

Woodcot reached Madras on 2 July and Penang on 8 August, and arrived at Whampoa on 12 September.

[2] Captain Lowis sailed from The Downs on 14 January 1793, this time bound for Madras and Bengal.

She left Madras on 21 February and reached St Helena on 1 May and Galway Bay on 20 July.

[2] War with France had broken out in 1793 so Captain William Haig acquired a letter of marque on 6 May 1795.

[2] Woodcot sailed for Tellicherry and on 3 April, on the way there, she picked up the survivors from Princess Amelia, which had caught fire at 14°01′N 74°19′E / 14.017°N 74.317°E / 14.017; 74.317.

The next day the French, under a flag of truce, sent the captains, crews, and passengers of both ships ashore at Tellicherry with their baggage.

Captain White sailed her from Île de France on 26 February 1799 and she arrived at Bombay on 29 April.