Her wreck in James Bay off Jamestown, Saint Helena continued to leak oil, posing a potential environmental threat to the coastal waters of Saint Helena, until Ministry of Defence divers drained the ship's tanks in 2015.

At anchor in James Bay in the early hours of 22 October 1941, she was struck by four torpedoes from the German submarine U-68, commanded by Karl-Friedrich Merten, broke in two and sank.

[3] The wreck leaked fuel oil, posing a potential environmental threat to the coastal waters of Saint Helena.

[3][4] The ice patrol ship HMS Protector surveyed it in October 2012 to provide additional sonar imagery.

[4] In 2015, Salvage and Marine Operations divers drained 1,944 cubic metres (68,700 cu ft) of oil from the ship's tanks.