The Steamship. v.8 1896/97. Page 314
6 Jan 1896 trials


Lloyd‘s List 1897
24.01 Brightlingsea (st yt) arrived from Granton
15.02 Gibrlatar (Amer st yt) arrived and proceeded
19.02 Barcelona (Am st y) sailed Marseilles
20.02 Marseilles (yt) arrived from Barcelona
24.02 Marseilles (Am st yt) sailed to Ajaccio and Marseilles
03.03 Naples sailed (Amer st y)
12.03 Messina ((Am st yt) arroived from Syracuse and left for Palermo
15.03 Malta arrived (US yt)
21.03 Malta, 6 45 a.m.—Unites States steam yacht Eugenia put back in consequence of the weather.
09.04. Marseilles (st yt) arrived from Toulon
28.04 Gibraltar (Am st yt) arrived
06.05 Fayal, Azores arrived from Gibraltar (US str) put in to coal
08.05 Fayal, Azores left for Philadelphia
US newspapers
20.05 Marcus Hook passed up (steam yacht)
21.05 Philadelphia arrived , master Platt from Bermuda
15.06 Boston sailed for New York

10.06.1897 she was renamed by the Secretary of the Navy