The ship was built in
Bremen-Vegesack by Bremer Vulkan in 1909 as
Toreador for J. D. Stücken,
Bremen. it was captured off the coast of Norway by the
Royal Navy Q-ship between 19 and 24 February 1918 whist on a voyage from
Tromsø, Norway to
Stettin with a cargo of iron ore. It was seized by the British government and was renamed
Poldorf. The United Kingdom
Official Number 142674 was allocated. Due to the ship being captured in neutral waters, a legal dispute with Norway came before the British
Prize Court in July 1920. Judgement was given that the declaration of the ship as a British
prize could not be reversed. In 1919, the ship was returned to Argo Line and reverted to its previous name. It was given the identification number of 34, which was later changed to 134. It was bombed and sank off
Lorient on 8 August 1944. == References ==