Built as a steel-hulled passenger-cargo vessel under yard No 78 by J. McArthur & Co. Paisley, England for the Royal Mail Line.
13 April 1892 launched as TEES.
Tonnage 180 gross, 71 net, dim. 36.6 x 6.43 x 2.64m.
One 2-cyl. compound diesel engine, 114 hp., speed 10 knots, one propeller.
After delivery was she based at St. Lucia, West Indies and used in the inter-island trade in the service of the Royal Mail Line.
1915 Sold to T.H. Scott, Trinidad, West Indies not renamed and used for coastal trade.
1922 was she owned by the Vestey Brothers at London under the same name.
Fate unknown.
Saint Lucia 1999 20c. sg?, scott?
Source: Royal Mail Lines by Haws. Watercraft Philately. http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz