[1] Among other voyages, commanded by vice-admiral Wemyss, it conveyed the Duke and Duchess of Connaught to open the Union Parliament in October 1910.

[2] In August 1914 it was one of six ships that each carried 1,000 troops under escort from Capetown to Tilbury Docks, preparatory to their being sent to the war in France and Belgium.

[3] The following year it continued on the Cape run, presumably in convoy, escorted by cruisers such as HMS Highflyer, on account of the U-boat menace.

In 1918 she acted as flagship of a flotilla of troop carriers bringing soldiers from America and Canada to London.

[4] After the Armistice she was employed ferrying Australian soldiers from England to Australia, and with the resumption of trade, carrying wool and wheat on the return journey.