Upon completion on 12 March 1918, she had a crew of 12 men and served an uneventful few years on anti-submarine and coastal patrol duties.

[3] After several years in France, the Boston Deep Sea Fishing repurchased her on 4 March 1930, and she was renamed again, this time to the Daily Chronicle (FD69), registered at Fleetwood.

[3] It was during this time that she had her first unusual duty – on 5 July 1933, she was chartered by the Italian Government to support a transatlantic flight by 24 Savoia-Marchetti S.55X seaplanes.

[1][3] The flight was led by General Italo Balbo, and covered 6,100 miles (9,800 km), from Orbetello to Chicago, via Iceland, in 47 hours 52 minutes.

[5] On 5 November 1934, her registry at Fleetwood ended, and she was sold to Thomas L Devlin & Sons of Granton, registered there, and renamed Commodator (GN6).

[5] In June 1945, after the end of the war in Europe, she was sold to Grimsby Merchants Amalgamated Fishing Co Ltd and gained pennant number GY57 but remained under military command.

The gale shifted 140 short tons (130 t) of coal in her bunker, forcing the ship onto her beam ends – so that the deck was near-vertical.

The crew spent five and a half hours moving the coal by hand to restore her to an even keel and were eventually forced to put into Berehaven, County Cork.

[5][6] The Angle lifeboat and the tug Empire Rosa launched from Pembroke Dock but were unable to reach the trawler, which was in the middle of 40 foot (12 m) waves.