Like other vessels of her time, she did not have a permanent crew, and the vast majority of crew members were casual workers who only came aboard the ship a few hours before she sailed from Southampton.
如同那個時代的其他船隻一樣，她也沒有永久派駐的船員，絕大多數船員都是臨時的工作人員，他們在南安普敦出航前幾個小時才登上船。