In 1930 the ship was sold to Khedivial Mail Steamship & Graving Dock and renamed Ville De Beyrouth.

[2] On 18 November 1940 Irish Republican internee Jack Gaffney from Belfast died onboard the Al Rawdah.

In October 1940 another Irish Republican internee - Sean Dolan from Derry died shortly after being released from the Al Rawdah.

[4] In the 1920s another British prison ship (HMS Argenta) was used to house hundreds of internees at Belfast Lough where conditions were described as "unbelievable".

Prisoners on the Argenta were packed into cages, often succumbing to disease and routinely suffered beatings from guards.