[1] The ship was built by T and W Smith in North Shields for the Great Eastern Railway and launched on 12 January 1880.

[2] She was launched by Miss Luckley, daughter of G. Luckley, a member of the firm of T and W Smith, and named after Lady Tyler, the wife of Sir Henry Tyler, chairman of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, and the conservative candidate for Harwich.

[6] On 25 May 1895 she launched a new steamship service between Liverpool and Douglas by the Mutual Line of Manx Steamers Limited.

[8] After a week of repairs she returned to service but on Saturday 15 June 1895 she collided with Victoria Pier, and sustained damage.

She ceased running for the Mutual Line of Manx Steamers on 22 July 1895, and the company was wound up later that year.