Commissioned into the RAN on 5 February 1940 and was employed in patrolling the East Coast of Australia. She was present during the Japanese midget submarine raid on Sydney Harbour on 30 May-1 June 1942 and rescued 12 men on a raft from the steamer on 4 June, sunk by Japanese submarine "I-24", 27 miles east of Sydney on 3 June. She was decommissioned in August 1946 and returned to her owners.