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BUILT IN 1889 AT BARROW BY THE BARROW SHIPBUILDING COMPANY. IN 1896 AT TILBURY SHE CAPSIZED, FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED, BUT SHE WAS RAISED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER A REFIT.  DURING THE BOER WAR SHE WAS USED AS A TROOP TRANSPORT SHIP ( WAR TRANSPORT SHIP NO 19 ) BUT STILL RETAINED HER PSNC COLOURS. IN 1906 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL MAIL LINE. IN 1914 SHE WAS SECONDED BY THE ADMIRALTY AND JOINED THE 10TH CRUISER SQUADRON, SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN 1919.