[3] She had a single screw, driven by a three-cylinder triple-expansion engine that was rated at 143 NHP[4] and gave her a speed of 13 knots (24 km/h).

[7] In January 1893 the yacht left Cowes for the south of France, and Langtry followed by train some weeks later.

The yacht met bad weather en route, and needed repairs to her living quarters when she reached Marseille.

[8] Langtry cruised the Mediterranean aboard her, until she received news of the death in New Orleans of her lover George Alexander Baird on 18 March 1893.

On occasion, White Ladye towed premier racing yachts to events, including the Prince of Wales' HMY Britannia and Sir Andrew Walker's Ailsa.

Goelet was friends with the Prince of Wales, whom he entertained aboard White Ladye, meeting Queen Victoria once in Nice when their yachts were moored alongside each other.

[11] In 1897 Goelet took delivery at Cowes of a larger and more powerful new yacht, Mayflower, which had been built for him in Clydebank, Scotland.

in 1899 the yacht attended the America's Cup race off New York, between Columbia and Thomas Lipton’s Shamrock.

Johnston understood that he would be able to fly a flag of privilege to enable him to manoeuvre White Ladye within the restricted race area.

However, race officials deemed that White Ladye had infringed a restricted zone, and her Captain was severely censured.

Further, one of the official cutters policing the event collided White Ladye, damaging both vessels.

[17] In 1900 Johnston took a lease on Inveraray Castle, and cruised Scottish waters with White Ladye.

She then sailed to Nice in the south of France, where Johnston died aboard her on 24 November 1900.

[29] In August 1935 the Belgian tug Directeur Gerling towed her from Fécamp to Ostend, where she was scrapped.