Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei pene - I te tau 1939 e 39 nga kaipuke a Blue Star Line, i mahi katoa i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. I te tau 1940 i mau te kaipuke "Imperial Star" i hangaia e Burmeister &amp; Wain i Denmark i te whakaekenga a Tiamana ki Denmark
I whakaotihia hei "Kriegsmarine" submarine tender.