[4] On sea trials she attained a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h) and a wireless record establishing direct contact with Sydney from Scotland.

[6] On 20 June 1937, a serious fire broke out in the ship's engine room in the early hours of the morning, putting her in danger.

[7] In December 1941 with Japanese threatening islands to the north the Australian government decided to begin evacuating women and children from New Guinea, Papua, and Darwin.

[8] After Japanese landing on Rabaul some of the troops evacuated to Port Moresby were transported to Townsville aboard Macdhui in late April 1942.

Macdhui was hit, first amidships, then gutted, with three crew and one military working party member killed.