Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ta zama jirgin ruwan soja a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 1940, kuma ta tashi daga Liverpool zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya dauke da 1st King's Dragoon Guards. Daga nan sai ta ga wani jirgin da ke ɗauke da mutanen da suka tsere daga Liverpool zuwa New York. A cikin 1942, "Scythia" ya shiga cikin
Allied mamaye Faransa ta Arewacin Afirka. A ranar 23 ga Nuwamba, wani jirgin sama ya buge shi. Ma'aikatanta sun yi nasarar kai ta tashar jiragen ruwa a Algiers, kuma ta yi hasara biyar ne kawai daga cikin mutane 4,300.