The steel hulled, single screw steamer, 'Saint Fergus' was built at the Phoenix yard of Fleming & Ferguson Limited, Paisley, Glasgow, and launched in August 1889. She was 165.0 ft long x 24.1 ft breath x 12.0 ft depth being of 401 gross and 211 net regsiter tons. She was orignally named 'Saint Fergus' but changed ownership in 1901, 1902, 1908 and again during 1912 when she was renamed 'Flandre' under the ownership of H. Julia & Compagnie of Bayonne, France. [425]