On 4 March 1799, the French privateer Heureux captured Solimany off Nagore. recaptured Solimany, Captain Hamed Pelley, master, of eight guns. Four men of her crew of lascars had escaped when she was captured. Solimany had a prize crew of seven French men and a Swede onboard. She was carrying a cargo of "sundry articles" and was on her way to Mauritius when Dublin recaptured her after a five-hour chase.[1]
In 1801 the British government hired a number of transports to support Major-General Sir David Baird's expedition to the Red Sea. Baird was in command of the Indian army that was going to Egypt to help General Ralph Abercromby expel the French there.
See also: Transport vessels for the British expedition to the Red Sea (1801).
In 1811 the British government, under the auspices of Lord Minto hired a large number of transport vessels, Sullimany among them, for the invasion of Java.
See also: Transport vessels for the British invasion of Java (1811).
In March 1816, Sullimany, Ringrose, master, sailed from Bombay with cargoes for Muscat, Bushire, and Bussorah. She stopped first at Muscat, a known slave-trading port. There she took on board 14 Negroes. Ringrose objected, stating that they were slaves and that carrying them risked the seizure of the ship if they encountered a British naval vessel. The "Nacoda" stated that the Negroes were passengers. Ringrose stated that the people could go aboard if the Nacoda accepted the consequences. Sullimany then sailed from Muscat on 24 May with the Negroes aboard, bound for Bushire.
On 17 June 1816, Captain the Honourable James Ashley Maude, detained Sullimany and sent her into Bombay for adjudication. The Vice admiralty court found that Sullimany was sailing under the British flag, under the command of a British subject, owned by a British subject, and navigating under the laws of the United Kingdom. He ruled that she had been carrying 14 Negro slaves, in contravention of British law, and declared them forfeit to His Majesty.[2]
| Year | Master | Owner | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1801-1804 | Hussan Abdullah | Built at Demaun in 1797 | |
| 1809 | Joseph Dodds | Oramjee Cawajee | Built at Demaun in 1797[3] |
| 1816 | Ringrose | Hadjee Seroor bin Yacoob & Ebrahim bin Hussan Sumt | Transported slaves |
| 1819 | Robert Suxpitch | Framjee Cowasjee | Built at Demaun in 1799[4] |
| 1829 | R. Wemyss | Framjee Cowasjee | Repaired in Bombay in 1816[5] |
The barque Sulimony caught fire on 28 February 1841 off Kidderpore Dockyard. The fire had begun among some bales of cotton and was soon subdued; arson was not suspected.[6]