Delivery was never completed however, and the ship was retained by the French throughout World War I. In October 1918, she was sold to the Belgian firm of LRB and converted to a coastal freighter under the name "Péruvier".
Delivery was never completed however, and the ship was recommissioned in 1914 to take part in World War I under her original name. At the war's end, she was sold to the Belgian firm of LRB and converted to a coastal freighter under the name "Péruvier".