In 1872 she lost her main rudder in a storm while bound for London. The owner's brother demanded that the ship put into South Africa for repairs, but the master insisted on continuing the voyage, and the two almost came to blows over the argument.
一八七二年，她在上海航向倫敦的途中，遇風失去了主舵，船主的兄弟要求改航南非靠岸維修，船長卻堅持繼續航行，兩人為此幾乎打了起來。