She was driven ashore on the Icelandic coast in a storm in February 1941 which put her out of action for two years.

In 1919, she was sold to Lloyd Royal Belge SA, Antwerp and renamed Persier,[1] The Code Letters MPDI were allocated.

[4] On 19 January 1922, Persier rescued five crew from the Newfoundland-registered schooner Eileen Lake, which foundered in the Atlantic Ocean west of Newfoundland.

[8] In December 1940, she was anchored at Oban, Argyllshire when an air raid was carried out by Heinkel He 111 bombers based at Stavanger, Norway.

[7] On 28 February 1941,[1] Persier was battered by a storm, with a hatch cover being ripped off and the steering and electrical systems failing.

[1] Persier was refloated in April,[7] and towed to Reykjavík by the tug Aegir for initial repairs to be made.

On 9 June, Persier was taken to the Kleppsvik Strand, but broke her back as she was insufficiently supported, and was subsequently beached.

[1] Persier's first voyage on return to service was from Liverpool to New York, United States as a member of Convoy ON 169.

[7] On 8 February 1945 Persier began her final voyage as part of Convoy BTC 65, setting off from Cardiff to take food to the liberated but starving people of Belgium.

On 11 February 1945 Persier was 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off the Eddystone Lighthouse when she was hit by one of three torpedoes fired by U-1017.

[16] The wreck of Persier is host to a variety of marine life, including conger eels and lobsters.