Baker left Portsmouth on 11 August 1796, sailing for Bengal. Tellicherry reached Calcutta on 3 February 1797. For the return leg she left Calcutta on 6 July, reached the Cape on 29 October, St Helena on 3 December, and the Downs on 31 January 1798. In the process "Tillicherry" had to put into Ramsgate after having run ashore on the Sandwich Flatts.Lloyd's List, no. 2982, - accessed 11 November 2014.
