Launched on 21st January 1863 and delivered in the February she was an extreme long version of the 34ft beam series which began with the Venetian. Her narrowness was emphasised by her straight stemmed bow, Bibby's first, but she was considered to be too narrow and subsequent ships were given a broader beam.

 

On 1st January 1873 she was purchased by Frederick Leyland & Company with the rest of the fleet. In 1879 she was compounded by J. Jack Rollo which increased her service speed to 10 knots. On 24th May 1880 she made the first sailing from Liverpool to Boston and in the same year acted as a reserve steamer.  

 

JP Morgan purchased her on 25th April 1901 with the rest of the Leyland fleet and sold her in the same year to John Ellerman's, London, Liverpool & Ocean Shipping Company When the Ellerman fleet was placed under the management of Frank Swift in 1902 she was surplus to requirements and subsequently broken up at Genoa in July of the same year.