She was purchased from the General Screw Steam Shipping Company for £105,000 by Admiralty Order dated July 1854 and carried 150 persons and a cargo of much needed winter uniforms.
She was purchased from the General Screw Steam Shipping Company for £105,000 by Admiralty Order dated July 1854 and commissioned under Commander Benjamin Baynton. She sailed for the Crimea, carring 150 persons and a cargo of much needed winter uniforms.