 "Ypiranga" served until 1919, when it was ceded to the United Kingdom as a war reparation and placed under management of the White Star Line.In 1921 Anchor Line assumed control of the ship and renamed it "Assyria", used in their Bombay run.A Portuguese company, Companhia Colonial de Navegação, purchased the ship in 1929 and renamed it "Colonial" for use in their Lisbon-Angola/Portuguese East Africa run.