She was built in 1956-57 at the Vickers-Armstrongs Naval Yard, at High Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, for Alfred Holt and Company, who owned various shipping lines including the Ocean Steam Ship Company (OSSC) and Blue Funnel Line.

She was transferred back to Blue Funnel in June 1972, and renamed MS Dymas.

From June 1972 - April 1973 she sailed again for the Ocean Steam Ship Company.

[3] In April 1973 she was sold to Nan Yang Shipping Company of Macau and renamed Kaiyun.

She was sold again in 1976 to Highseas Navigation Corporation S.A. of China, registered in Panama under the same name.