[2] They were similar to Armenian, Victorian and Cestrian, which H&W had launched for Leyland in 1895, but 40 ft (12 m) longer, and with a more powerful engine.

[4] She had a single screw, driven by a three-cylinder triple-expansion engine that was rated at 847 NHP[4] or 5,500 ihp,[5] and gave her a speed of 14 knots (26 km/h).

[11] On 28 January 1900 at Langton Dock, Liverpool, Winifredian embarked Imperial Yeomanry companies 9, 10, 11, and 12, a total of 578 men and 457 horses.

[14] On 17 May she left Natal carrying five officers; 398 men listed as "convalescent"; and a number of prisoners, including one man who had deserted to the Boers.

[22] On 27 December 1904 Winifredian reported meeting "a small turret boat under sail on which were two men" 200 nautical miles (370 km) east of Boston Light.

[23] It was Uræd, an 18-foot (5 m) prototype enclosed lifeboat that Norwegian Captain Ole Brude had designed and built.

Brude and three crewmen had left Ålesund in Uræd on 7 August, sailed her across the North Atlantic, and reached St. John's, Newfoundland on 10 November.

[23] However, after meeting Winifredian, Uræd encountered a number of gales, in one of which she lost her rudder off Cape Cod.

On 8 January she reached Gloucester, Massachusetts, where her crew misread navigation lights and she ran aground.

[25] In a snowstorm on 5 February 1907 the fishing schooner Ellen F. Gleason from Gloucester, Massachusetts collided with Winifredian 300 nautical miles (560 km) east of Boston.

The sea was too rough for Winifredian to lower any of her boats, so the steamship positioned herself to windward of the schooner, providing some shelter in which to link the two ships with a rescue line.

[26] On a westbound voyage in June 1910 Winifredian's crew found two stowaways two days after the ship left Liverpool.

When Winifredian got about 10 nautical miles (19 km) from the US coast they used a rope to let themselves overboard, and tried to swim ashore, each wearing a life preserver.

On 10 June the Latvian was landed at Boston, where the Bureau of Immigration put him back aboard Winifredian to be returned to Liverpool.

[29] On 4 January 1913 Winifredian's Master, Captain Frederick Shepherd, was arrested in Boston for allegedly failing to arrange "efficient communication between the bridge of the steamer and the operator".

On 6 April 1919 Winifredian left Brest, France carrying 2,327 officers and men[35] of the American Expeditionary Forces' 26th Infantry Division, including units from Vermont, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.

[41] The social reformer and suffragist Elizabeth Glendower Evans booked to sail on Winifredian from Boston to Liverpool.

[42] On 18 October 1919 Winifredian sighted the German barque Paul in distress in a heavy sea 350 nautical miles (650 km) southeast of Halifax.

[43] In December 1920 the Lloyd Royal Belge steamship Menapier, in passage from Antwerp to New Orleans, was caught in a hurricane.

"[44][45] On a westbound crossing in January and February 1921 Winifredian weathered a series of storms that damaged lifeboats and broke deck fittings.

On 6 February her Chief Officer was directing the salvage of her lifeboats when he was thrown to the deck and broke his right arm.

[46] On 20 April 1922 the Leyland steamship Oxonian, in passage from Portland, Maine to Liverpool, broke her rudder stock 800 nautical miles (1,500 km) southeast of Halifax at position 40°42′N 48°33′W / 40.700°N 48.550°W / 40.700; -48.550.

The International Ice Patrol cutter USCGC Seneca relayed the news by wireless to Halifax.