The vessel's cost is not recorded, but a reference in the Company's old minute book suggests it was under £14,000.

Mona's Queen appears to have had a pretty uneventful career, with the exception of a collision with the steamer Sligo, which occurred in the River Mersey in January 1862.

The official inquiry went against the Steam Packet Company who had to pay approximately £300 in damages and costs.

After ten years service the directors decided to sell the ship and offered it to Cunard, Wilson and Co. for £20,000.

The offer was declined, and negotiations started with a Whitehaven company for a sale at £14,000.