Commercial Service
Albireo was sold to Southern Steamships Pty Ltd of Johannesburg in August 1947, renamed SS President Steyn, and re-flagged as a South African ship. In 1949 she was sold to Northern Steamships of South Africa.
In 1951 the ship was sold to Cia Nav Hidalgo SA, Panama RP, renamed SS Hidalgo and re-flagged in Liberia. She was sold again in 1954, to Blue Bay Steamship Corporation, and renamed SS Ocean Sailor.
The ship was finally sold to Japanese breakers, and scrapped following her arrival at Kure on 10 April 1967.
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