[2][3] Following her participation in the evacuation of east Germany at the end of World War II, Michael Ferdinand was at Sønderborg, Denmark in May 1945.

[3] She was seized by the Allies as a war prize,[6] passed to the MOWT and renamed Empire Farrar.

The United Kingdom Official Number 180644 and Code Letters GDQG were allocated.

[1] On 29 July 1953, Admiral Hardy was fired on by a Chinese Navy warship whilst leaving Fuzhou.

[9] On 8 October, she was stopped in the Straits of Formosa by an unidentified gunboat but was allowed to continue her voyage.

[11] In November 1955, Admiral Hardy was sold to Sig S Årstads Rederi, Bergen, Norway for £115,000.

On 9 August 1964, Admiral Hardy ran aground on Arena Island (9°14′00″N 12°0′45″E / 9.23333°N 12.01250°E / 9.23333; 12.01250) whilst on a voyage from North Borneo to Shanghai, China.

[3] In October 1965, Admiral Hardy was sold for £67,500 to the Scanship Corporation,[3] Panama and was renamed Dumai Trader.