 After World War I, she was transferred to the United Kingdom as part of Germany's reparations for shipping losses and was acquired by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1921.Renamed "Baychimo" and based in Ardrossan, Scotland, she completed nine successful voyages along the north coast of Canada, visiting trading posts and collecting pelts.On 21 July 1928, "Baychimo" ran aground off Pole Island in Camden Bay on the north coast of the Territory of Alaska.