Bridgewater was launched in 1812 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made eight voyages to India and China for the EIC. A hurricane dismasted her as she was homeward bound on her ninth voyage. She was surveyed at Calcutta in 1830, condemned, and sold for breaking up in 1831. Career EIC voyage #1 (1813–1814) Captain Philip Hughes acquired a letter of marque on 30 October 1812. He sailed from Portsmouth on 29 January 1813, bound for Madras and China. Bridgewater reached the Cape of Good Hope on 7 May and arrived at Madras on 7 July. She was at Penang on 17 August and Malacca on 8 September before arriving at Whampoa Anchorage on 25 October. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 21 February 1814, reached St Helena on 26 May, and arrived at Long Reach on 11 August. EIC voyage #2 (1815–1816) Captain Hughes sailed from Portsmouth on 28 February 1815, bound for Madras and China. Bridgewater reached Madras on 22 July, was at Penang on 1 September and Malacca on 21 September, and arrived at Whampoa on 29 October. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 24 December, reached St Helena on 26 March 1816, and arrived at Long Reach on 15 May. EIC voyage #3 (1817–1818) Captain Hughes sailed from Portsmouth on 14 March 1817, bound for Madras and China. Bridgewater reached Madras on 26 June, was at Penang on 6 August, and arrived at Whampoa on 26 September. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 3 December, reached the Cape on 12 March 1818 and St Helena on 28 March 1816, and arrived at Long Reach on 4 June. EIC voyage #4 (1819–1820) Captain Charles Sheldon Timins sailed from the Downs on 22 April 1819, bound for St Helena and China. Bridgewater was at St Helena on 4 July and Penang on 30 September. She arrived at Whampoa on 6 December. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 30 January 1820, and was at Macao on 16 February. She reached St Helena on 19 April and arrived at Long Reach on 23 June. EIC voyage #5 (1821–1822) Captain William Mitchell sailed from the Downs on 28 April 1821, bound for China. Bridgewater was at Penang on 11 August, Malacca on 2 September, and Singapore on 5 September. She arrived at Whampoa on 5 October. Homeward