Deneb was a 1,080 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1923 as Rhenania by Nüscke & Co, Stettin for German owners.

Bernhard Schulte was seized by the Allies at Flensburg, Germany in May 1945, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Congo.

Bore VII was allocated the Code Letters THFJ and the Finnish Official Number 981.

[7] On 18 December 1936, Bore VII ran aground off Kotka, Finland and was declared a total loss.

[1] On 3 March 1941, Bernhard Schulte was sunk by HMS Tartar off the Lofoten Islands, Norway (61°55′N 5°07′E / 61.917°N 5.117°E / 61.917; 5.117) during Operation Claymore.

She was allocated the Code Letters GKRQ and the United Kingdom Official Number 180607.

She was operated under the management of Anthony & Bainbridge Ltd.[4] In 1951, Coquetside was sold to C Cosulich, Sicily, Italy and renamed Deneb.

Deneb served until October 1966, when she was scrapped at La Spezia, Italy.