Considered an exceptionally well appointed ship, King Orry saw service on the wide range of routes the Steam Packet Company then operated.

At the sides, mirrors and windows alternate in a framework of birds-eye maple, divided by dark rosewood pilasters with richly-gilded capitals, a matching cornice running above.

The seats at the sides and down the center are furnished with crimson velvet cushions, the windows are fitted with silk curtains to match, and green-patterned Brussels carpet covers the floor.

A handsome effect is produced by a band of fretwork in maple, backed with red silk, running around the length of the cabin above the crimson-velvetted and padded-back chairs.For her operation the latest advancements in technology had been introduced.

The vessel could therefore either been steered from the hurricane deck or the aft part of the ship.At the time King Orry entered service approximately 100,000 passengers were being conveyed by the Company, thanks in no small measure to the newly constructed low water landing pier at Douglas (now named the Victoria Pier), prior to the construction of which required passengers to disembark by boat.

[5] Departing Liverpool at 13:05hrs with approximately 250 passengers embarked,[5] Mona’s Isle cleared the Victoria Channel and set a course bound for Douglas.

Passage was slow, and it was not until 05:00hrs the following morning that the two vessels arrived in Douglas; where many people had stayed on the Victoria Pier all night, anxious to receive news.

She was taken by Captain Quine to Llanerchymor for breaking, but before scrapping commenced she was opened for public inspection with the proceeds of this been donated to the Honeywell Cottage Hospital.