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.
В июле 1854 года британское Адмиралтейство приобрело у "General Screw Steam Shipping Company" парусно-винтовой транспорт, заплатив за него 105 000 фунтов.