During World War I, she was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean on 28 May 1917 by the Imperial German Navy submarine   northwest of the Isles of Scilly while on a voyage from Le Havre, France, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a cargo of oil and wax.
On 28 May 1917 during World War I, she was torpedoed in the Atlantic Ocean northwest of the Isles of Scilly by an Imperial German Navy submarine while on a voyage from Le Havre, France, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a cargo of oil and wax.