 In a bid to evade the authorities as the "SS Fanny" neared Ireland, Major Crawford purchased the "SS Clyde Valley" in Glasgow.On 19–20 April off Tuskar Rock, County Wexford, the entire cache of weapons was transferred from the "SS Fanny" onto the "SS Clyde Valley".On 24 April, the "SS Clyde Valley" was renamed the ""Mountjoy II"", with the use of strips of canvas painted with white letters on a black background.