Original length: 240 feet, rebuilt in 1875 to 1 456 tons gross, 1 127 under deck and 947 net. Her new dimensions were - lenght 258 feet x beam 34.3 feet, holds 18.2 feet deep, her poop was 145 feet long and forecastle 33 feet long. She was rigged as an iron single screw steam Schooner, had 1 deck, 2 tiers of beams and 5 cemented bulkheads. She was re-fitted with a compound engine with 2 inverted cylinders of 33 & 60 in. and diameter respectively; stroke 36 inches; 150 horsepower; new boilers in 1879. The engine was built by C. D. Holmes & Co. in Hull.