 After 23 years service, "Mona's Isle" was laid up at Ramsey and subsequently was taken under tow to Barrow by the "Fenella" in order to undergo her rebuild, on Friday 19 January 1883.Rebuilt in 1883, her size was increased to 375 gross register tons and her speed to .She was renamed (the Manx translation for "Mona's Isle") on 16 November 1883, following her conversion to a propeller-driven ship.