[1] After delivery Wegadesk was immediately chartered to the Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Company, and left for Wabana via Tyne on 17 May 1908.

On 27 November Wegadesk collided with British steamer Ashanti in North Sydney harbor, but suffered only minor damage and was able to proceed to Philadelphia a couple of days later.

[8] The ship then continued on to Savannah, Georgia and loaded 1,558 bales of cotton and other cargo for various European ports on 29 January and left for Rotterdam the next day.

The vessel departed from Baltimore on 29 December bound for Odessa and Novorossiysk carrying among other things 7,709 packages of agricultural machinery and 32,920 bales of twine.

Upon arrival, the ship made two trips between Wabana and Philadelphia before resuming her coal carrying duties between Sydney and Montreal in late May 1910 which lasted through the end of the year.

The vessel departed from Baltimore on 11 January 1911 bound for Odessa carrying among other things agricultural machinery, gasoline engines, and 17,709 bales of twine.

The ship returned to Canada in June 1912 and again resumed her coal trade between Sydney and Montreal until completion of the navigational season.

During one of these trips, on 21 April 1913, Wegadesk while leaving Curtis Bay with about 6,600 tons of coal, collided with a large schooner Edward B. Winslow being tugged in to take her place at the loading pier.

[13] Starting in 1916 Wegadesk was mainly involved in carrying goods, including wheat, from North America and coal from Great Britain to Italy.

On 25 May 1915 it was reported that the owner of the vessel, A. F. Klaveness, has reassigned the ship to a newly formed holding company, D/S A/S "Wegadesk", with a capital of 174,000 NOK.

[14] At around 10:00 on 12 August 1916 Wegadesk, while on passage from Tyne to Genoa, collided with steamer Dunvegan Castle in the Downs of the river Thames, striking her bow on the starboard side.

[15] Wegadesk departed Baltimore for her final journey on 22 February 1918 with a cargo of general goods and some metals destined for a variety of customers in Genoa.