attack on Île de France (Mauritius). It gave up the plan and released the vessels in May 1794. It paid £1,479 3s 4d for having delayed her departure by 71 days. Captain Parker sailed from Portsmouth on 2 May 1794, bound for Bombay and China. Bridgewater reached Bombay on 4 September and arrived at Whampoa on 26 February 1795. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 22 April and was at Macao on 22 May. She reached Batavia on 5 August and St Helena on 16 October, and arrived at Northfleet on 26 December. EIC voyage #5 (1796-1797): Captain John Skottowe acquired a letter of marque on 20 April 1796. He sailed from Portsmouth on 17 May 1796, bound for Madras and Bengal. Bridgewater reached Madras on 10 September and arrived at Diamond Harbour on 21 October. Homeward bound, she passed Saugor on 2 January 1797. She was at Colombo on 2 February and Trincomalee on 25 March. She reached the [{Cape of Good Hope on 12 July and St Helena on 11 September, and arrived at Gravesend on 18 December. EIC voyage #6 (1798-1799): Captain Skottowe sailed from Portsmouth on 29 April 1798, bound for China. She reached Rio de Janeiro on 6 July, and arrived at Whampoa on 3 December. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 22 January 1799, reached Malacca on 22 February and St Helena on 17 May, and arrived at Long Reach on 31 July. EIC voyage #7 (1800–1801): Captain George Lukin acquired a letter of marque on 9 December 1800. Messrs Princip & Saunders had tendered her to the EIC to bring back rice from Bengal. She was one of 28 vessels that sailed on that mission between December 1800 and February 1801. Lukin sailed from The Downs on 24 January 1801, bound for Madras. Bridgewater reached Madras on 21 May and left on 14 August. On 10 October she was reported sailing 'towards England'. She arrived back in England on 4 January 1802. EIC voyage #8 (1802–Loss): Captain E. H. Palmer sailed from England on 1 August 1802, bound for Botany Bay and China. Bridgewater arrived at Port Jackson on 12 May 1803, having brought provisions. She left on 10 August, bound for China. She left in company with and . On 17 August the three ships got caught near a sandbank, 157 north and 51 miles east of Sandy