It was part of Furness, Withy and ran passenger liners between New York and the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda from 1919 to 1966.

At first the route had only one ship,[1] the 5,530 GRT Bermudian,[2] which Sir James Laing & Sons had built in 1904 and which Furness, Withy renamed Fort Hamilton.

[2] Furness, Withy had Willochra fitted out with berths for 400 first class passengers and renamed her Fort St. George.

[1] Furness, Withy had competition from the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, which had long served Bermuda.

[5] Furness, Withy sold Fort Hamilton[6] and ordered a 19,086 GRT passenger liner for the route.

In December 1929 Fort Victoria was sunk when the 5,946 GRT Algonquin collided with her in fog in Ambrose Channel off New York.

[14] Workman, Clark bought the wreck[9] and Furness, Withy ordered a turbo-electric sister ship for Monarch of Bermuda.

[11] In the meantime Furness, Withy temporarily achieved its aim of a two-ship service by chartering modern cabin liners from Canadian Pacific: the 20,021 GRT Duchess of York for several trips in 1931 and 1932[15] and the 20,123 GRT Duchess of Bedford in the early months of 1933.

[16] Vickers-Armstrongs built the 22,575 GRT Queen of Bermuda at its Barrow-in-Furness shipyard, launching her in September 1932 and completing her in February 1933.

Eventually Queen of Bermuda took the record with a passage from New York to Hamilton in 32 hours, 48 minutes, which meant that her speed averaged 20.33 knots (37.65 km/h).

[21] Eventually the UK Government released Monarch of Bermuda and Furness, Withy started having her converted back into a luxury liner to return to her former route.

The two ships continued to serve the island until late 1966, when Furness, Withy ceased its Bermuda service.