[2] Her port of registry was Cuxhaven and the Code Letters RHMJ were allocated.

[1] In 1933, she came under the ownership of the German Government and was placed under the management of Reichsministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft.

She was converted to a weather ship and entered service as WBS 6 Kehdingen in 1942.

[6] On 7 September, Kehdingen departed from Kristiansand, Norway escorted by U-703 for Operation Edelweiss.

An attempted attack on USCGC Northland by U-703 was unable to be made due to the ice.