She was build in 1927 at the yard of Hawthorn Leslie&Co. Limited at Hebburn-on-Tyne for account of the Abglo-Saxon Petroleum Company at London with a gross tonnage of 7,519 tons and as dimensions 138,9 x 18,1 x 9,97 metres. The 6 cylinder diesel engine provided 4,000 bhp allowing a speed of 11,5 knots. She visited several times Dutch harbours until she was torpedoed by the German submarine U 409 on 30 October 1942 underway from Freetown towards Tyne as part of the convoy Sl-125 while being around 100 miles North North West of Madeira. She survived this attack but had failed in following the convoy and was sunk by the German submarine U 659 with just 6 survivors. The Dutch magazine Gelderland in Woord en beeld dated 14 February 1936 published a photo when she passed the Oosterdok locks at Amsterdam while coming from London.
