[2] Before she was put into service she was purchased in May 1864 by George Campbell and Henry Collis, acting for the Virginia Importing and Exporting Company.

She arrived at Wilmington, North Carolina on 28 June 1864 from Bermuda, and sailed back on 15 July 1864.

[citation needed] On her return to the UK, she was re-registered as Sheffield for the Liverpool and Dublin Steam Navigation Company.

In 1867 Thomas Carr and Frederick Kemp acquired her and renamed her Prince Arthur.

[2] In 1871 the LNWR and L&YR acquired Prince Arthur for their Fleetwood to Belfast and Londonderry service.