Wathena remained in the ownership of the Shipping Board through the 1920s.

She was returned to the Shipping Board the same day.

She was returned to the Shipping Board on 8 May 1919.

With the right connections at the Shipping Board, ships could be bought cheaply, which caused a lot of fraud.

On 21 December 1948, she was chartered by the Australian Shipping Board.

And in June 1923 she was given back to the Shipping Board.

She was delivered to the Shipping Board in January 1918.

She was decommissioned on 5 March 1919 and returned to the Shipping Board the next day.

Lasker resigned from the Shipping Board on July 1, 1923.

She was simultaneously struck from the Navy List and returned to the Shipping Board.