Joining a long established pattern followed by the company's ships engaged in the Cape mail service, the vessel sailed regularly to South Africa, via Madeira (occasionally), to Las Palmas, then Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London and finally Durban, returning to Southampton by the same route.
The ships of the company followed a long-established pattern for their journeys between Southampton and South Africa, which involved regular stops at various ports along the way: Madeira (sometimes), Las Palmas, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, and Durban before returning to Southampton by the same route.