| 1898 |
June 20th - Launched as the cable ship Anglia for the for Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co Ltd, London. |
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| 1899 |
Laid the following undersea cables - Cape Town - St Helena, Ascension - Cape Verde Islands, Gibraltar - Malta - Egypt, Commercial Cable No 4, Germany - Azores - USA. |
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| 1900 |
Laid the following undersea cables - Fanning Island - Fiji, Fiji - Norfolk Island, Norfolk Island - Australia, Norfolk Island - New Zealand, Ascension - Cape Verde Islands, Azores - Ireland. |
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| 1901 |
Laid the following undersea cables - UK - Canary Islands , Sierra Leone - Ascension, South Africa - Mauritius
Mauritius - Rodriguez Island - Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Ireland - UK, England - Madeira, Madeira - Cape Verde Islands. |
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| 1902 |
Laid the following undersea cables - Canada - New York, New York - Ireland, Ireland - England. |
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| 1903 |
Laid the following undersea cables - Honolulu - Midway Island, Midway Island - Guam, Guam - Philippines. |
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| 1905 |
Laid the following undersea cable - Azores - Ireland. |
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| 1906 |
Sold to T.W. Tamplin & Co then resold to the Hambourg Amerika Line. |
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December 15th - Stranded at Bally Point Northern Ireland on her way to be converted to a cargo ship and abandoned to the underwriters. Refloated and sold to the Grangemouth & Greenock Dockyard Co where she was converted to cargo. |
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| 1907 |
Archibald Currie went to England looking for a replacement for Fortunatus, he purchased the Anglia and renamed it Itonus. |
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| 1909 |
October - While berthed at Fremantle had three outbreaks of fire in her bunkers from spontaneous combustion, the vessel sustained no serious damage. |
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| 1913 |
Aquired by the British India Steam Navigation Co with the rest of the currie fleet. |
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| 1914 |
December - Requisitioned for duty in WWI and renamed A50 HMAT Itonus. |
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| 1915 |
Trooping duties into 1916 |
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| 1916 |
December 20th - Struck by a torpedo 60 miles west of Malta and sunk with the loss of 5 lives. Captain T.Costello was taken prisoner on board the submarine. |
