Later Career
As SS West Gambo, the ship remained in the custody of the U.S. Shipping Board until sold to the Lykes Brothers Steamship Company in late 1936 or early 1937. In 1941, the British government's Ministry of War Transport acquired the ship for World War II service in response to the United Kingdom's need for merchant ships to replace ships sunk in the Battle of the Atlantic. Renamed SS Empire Hartebeeste, she was managed in British service by Watts, Watts and Company of London.
On 20 September 1942, while steaming as a part of Convoy SC 100, Empire Hartebeeste was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-596 in the North Atlantic Ocean at position 56°20′N 38°10′W / 56.333°N 38.167°W / 56.333; -38.167Coordinates: 56°20′N 38°10′W / 56.333°N 38.167°W / 56.333; -38.167. All 46 crew were rescued by Norhauk and Rio Grande.
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