She was seized by the Allies at Copenhagen and passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Concrete.

[3] The engine was supplied with steam from two boilers with a total heating area of 454 square metres (4,890 sq ft), operating at 14 standard atmospheres (210 psi).

[2] On 26 July 1932, Theresa L M Russ rescued the 40 survivors from the Reichsmarine training schooner Niobe, which had capsized off Fehmarn in a squall.

[5] On 14 August 1938, the French steamship Artois struck a mine and sank 35 nautical miles (65 km) south east of Gibraltar.

On 18 December 1944,[2] Theresia L M Russ was sunk in a Royal Air Force raid on Gotenhafen, German-occupied Poland.

The Code Letter GLOL and United Kingdom Official Number 180708 were allocated.

She was operated under the management of Stockwood, Rees & Co Ltd.[10] On 25 October 1946, Empire Concrete was transferred to the Dutch Government and renamed Velsen.

Her port of registry was changed to Rotterdam and the Code Letters PDMW were allocated.

She was operated under the management of Compania de Navigation Caribbean Cargo Carriers SA, Panama and was renamed Astor.

She was sold on 9 March 1970 to Industry Varie SJV, La Spezia, Italy and arrived there under tow.