First EIC voyage (1803–1804) Captain Thomas Larkins sailed
Warren Hasting for China, leaving
The Downs on 6 April 1803, and arriving at
Whampoa on 28 August. Before she arrived she rescued a dozen or so Chinese sailors. A gale had caught their three "tchuans" and sunk them, causing the loss of some 500 people. The same gale had also caught the East Indiaman , causing her loss, together with that of the 120 or so people aboard her. Larkins had left Britain during the
Peace of Amiens so he did not apply for a
letter of marque. However, the Peace broke down in May 1803. Larkins received a letter of marque on 16 September, while he was in China. Homeward bound,
Warren Hastings crossed the
Second Bar on 1 February 1804. Larkins put up a stubborn resistance for four hours. Casualties on
Warren Hastings from the engagement amounted to seven killed and 13 wounded; casualties on
Piémontaise amounted to seven killed and five wounded. After
Warren Hastings struck, the French boarding party stabbed Larkin, wounding him severely, and wounded four other officers and crew. (A report in the
Madras Courier dated 10 February 1807, stated that the Danish company's ship
Holstein was sailing from Copenhagen to Serampore when she was dismasted off Ceylon. She sailed to Mauritius for repairs.) The
Danish Asiatic Company named their newly-bought ship
Holsten (II). Reportedly she was wrecked in a cyclone at Bourbon Island towards end-December. It is clear that she was not totally wrecked as she returned to commerce.
Recapture (January 1808) and third EIC voyage (1809–1810) The British recaptured
Warren Hastings (plus six other Danish merchant ships), at
Frederiksnagore (Surampore),
Fourth EIC voyage (1811–1812) Captain Gunter Lyde Browne sailed
Warren Hastings to the Cape and China, leaving Portsmouth on 8 April 1811. He sailed under a letter of marque issued on 20 February 1811. Rawes brought with him
Wisteria sinensis (Chinese wisteria) plants. In addition to the wisteria, Rawes brought two
Camellia hybrids for his relation Thomas Carey Palmer, of Bromley in Kent: "Wellbank's White Camellia" (
Camellia japonica "Wellbankii") and
Camellia × maliflora. When
Warren Hastings arrived back at London she discharged her crew, including her Chinese sailors hired in Canton. repatriated 31 to Canton, together with 359 others, leaving the Downs on 20 July 1816.
Sixth EIC voyage (1819–1820) Captain Rawes and
Warren Hastings left Portsmouth on 4 April 1819, reached Penang on 20 July, Malacca on 15 September, and Singapore on ten days later. She arrived at Whampoa on 7 November. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 6 February 1820, reached St Helena on 21 April, and arrived at The Downs on 20 June Downs. Rawes also brought Palmer "
Camellia sasanqua, var. β. stricata", "Paconia Moutan, var. Rawesii", and "Primula pranitens".
Seventh EIC voyage (1823–1824) Warren Hastings, still under the command of Captain Richard Rawes, left the Downs on 21 April 1823 and arrived at Whampoa on 1 October. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 17 January 1824, reached St Helena on 27 March, and arrived at The Downs on 10 June.
Eighth EIC voyage (1825–1826) Captain Richard Rawes and
Warren Hastings left The Downs on 1 May 1825. On the way, severe weather caused considerable damage, forcing Rawes to divert to Penang, which she reached on 27 August, for repairs. The repairs took some time long as
Warren Hastings did not reach Singapore until 3 October. A cyclone on the way to China again caused damage, but she arrived at Whampoa on 6 November. Homeward bound, she crossed the Second Bar on 6 February 1826, reached St Helena on 3 May, and arrived at The Downs on 23 June. ==Fate==