Coutts was launched in 1797 and made eight voyages to India and China for the British East India Company (EIC). She participated in two notable engagements, the action of 4 August 1800, and the battle of Pulo Aura. She was broken up in 1815. Career EIC voyage #1 (1797-98) Captain Robert Torin (1760-1824), acquired a letter of marque on 28 March 1797. On 5 June he sailed from Portsmouth, bound for China. Coutts arrived at Whampoa Anchorage on 17 December. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 14 February 1798, reached St Helena on 5 August, and arrived back at Gravesend on 22 October. EIC voyage #2 (1800-01) Captain Torin sailed from Torbay on 27 May 1800, bound for China. Coutts was part of a convoy that also included , , , and , the Botany Bay ships and , and the whaler . Their escort was the small ship of the line . On the morning of 4 August they encountered French squadron consisting of the frigates Concorde, Médée, and Franchise. The French commander was concerned that he had encountered a fleet of powerful warships so he turned to escape. The British commander, Captain Rowley Bulteel, immediately ordered a pursuit. To preserve the impression of warships he also ordered four of his most powerful East Indiamen to join the chase. First Belliqueux captured Concorde. Exeter and Bombay Castle set out after Médée and succeeded in coming up with her after dark and tricking her into surrendering to what Médée thought was a ship of the line. On 12 August Coutts was at Rio de Janeiro. From there she sailed to Santa Cruz, which she reached on 22 September. She arrived at Whampoa on 22 February 1801. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 29 March, reached St Helena on 21 September, and arrived at Gravesend on 8 December. EIC voyage #3 (1803-04) After the commencement of the Napoleonic Wars, Captain Robert Torin required a new letter of marque, which he received in absentia on 20 June 1803, after he had sailed Coutts from the Downs on 6 May. Before she left for China, the artist John Constable sailed in her in April from London to Deal; Captain Torin was a friend of Constable's father. Coutts arrived at Whampoa on 1 October. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 11 January 1804. Coutts was one of the