 She sailed under the German flag from 1909.The Norwegian newspaper editor Rolf Thommessen bought her in 1924 and renamed her "" ("Mermaid III").This name was kept by the English owners, Anne and Terrence Carr, who acquired her in 1947 and sold her to Christian-Frederick Mattner in 1970--who renamed her to the original 'Wyvern'.She was contracted for sale to a Norwegian consortium for £ 50 000 //of which £30 000 is still owed// after having been hijacked from San Antonio Ibiza.