Norwegian Career
In May 1925 she was sold to the Norwegian shipping company Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskab (NFDS) in Trondheim for £25,000. Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskab had suffered heavy losses to German U-boats during the First World War, and needed to replenish and expand its fleet.
Alexandra was renamed Prins Olav, after Queen Alexandra's Norwegian grandson. In Norwegian service she was assigned the code letters LCVM.
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