Sister of the Egyptian she was launched on 15th April and immediately after being delivered to John Bibby, Sons & Company on 2nd May went to Greenock where a low pressure cylinder was added by McNab & Company to compound her engine. This addition gave her three cylinders and in 1871 a fourth high pressure cylinder was added to 'double' compound her.

 

On 1st January she was acquired by Frederick Leyland & Company with the rest of the fleet. JP Morgan purchased her on 25th April 1901 and sold her in the same year to John Ellerman's, London, Liverpool & Ocean Shipping Company

 

Too old to be of use, when the Ellerman fleet was placed under the management of Frank Swift, she was broken up in 1902.