Requisition by the Kriegsmarine, she served throughout World War II as V 1502 Wiking 6 and the Flakjäger FlJ 24 Wiking 6 before being seized by the Royal Navy at Emden on 29 October 1945 and renamed Empire Viking VI.

[2] On 29 October 1945, FlJ 24 Wiking 6 was seized by the Royal Navy as a prize of war at Emden.

She was passed to the Ministry of War Transport and renamed Empire Viking VI.

[3] The Code Letters GSBX were allocated and her port of registry was changed to London.

On 7 December, she was allocated to the Soviet Union by the Tripartite Merchant Marine Commission in Berlin.