 Sold in 1932 and renamed RMTS "Laird's Isle" for service in the Irish Sea, she was requisitioned again in 1939 by the Admiralty for service as an armed boarding vessel to enforce the British blockade of Germany.The ship became a training ship in 1940 and was then converted in 1944 into a troop transport for amphibious landings.HMS "Laird's Isle" was returned to her owners after the war and resumed her service in the Irish Sea until she was sold for scrap in 1957.