She was bought in 1928 by the Adelaide Steamship Company and renamed Terka. She was requisitioned by the RAN in December 1940 as part of Minesweeping Group 70 based at Darwin, Northern Territory. She was converted into a water carrier and moved forward to New Guinea to support the efforts during World War II. While moored at Madang, she sank on 26 March 1945 and was abandoned.
