Gothic was built by Swan Hunter, Wallsend-on-Tyne, England (yard 1759), the fourth and final of the Corinthic-class liners ordered by the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line in 1946.

[1] The quartet joined the much larger QSMV Dominion Monarch on the UK to New Zealand service.

In 1969 she was sold to China Steel Corp and arrived at Kaohsiung for demolition on 13 August that year.

[1] In 1952, Gothic was sent to Cammell Laird shipyards to be refitted to become the royal yacht for a tour of Australia and New Zealand.

The Australian Government film The Queen in Australia 1954 featured the ship in Sydney on arrival and Fremantle on departure three months later.