[4][5] It soon encountered technical problems and constant sabotage by Russian mariners, therefore it was decided to transfer planes to HMS Orlionoch for further operations.

[6] The ship along with seaplanes, was also transferred to the Denikin Army in August 1919,[7] who in October 1919 gave it a new name Volga.

After the Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan, it was seized by Bolshevik forces on 18 May 1920 near Enzeli and was renamed Alyosha Japaridze after Prokofy Dzhaparidze, a member of 26 Baku Commissars.

On 26 May 1935 steamer Japaridze unsuccessfully participated in rescue operation of tanker Soviet Azerbaijan (Russian: Советский Азербайджан), which exploded during the run Krasnovodsk-Astrakhan with 27 men being lost while ship sunk.

Which caused a huge legal process involving Procurator General of the Soviet Union Andrey Vyshinsky.