She was recommissioned as a troopship between December 1810 and April 1811. Plans called for the vessel to be turned into a troopship ("convoy unit loaded transport"). In 1940, 30 seminarians escaped from France aboard a Polish troopship. "Stuka" dive bombers sank the troopship "Cote d' Azur". The regiment arrived in Halifax on the afternoon of May 14 aboard the troopship . By Christmas 1939 they were aboard the UK troopship crossing the Atlantic to Scotland. Forrest left Albany aboard the troopship "Marathon" on 30 July 1918. It was her last voyage as a troopship. On 15 May, the Polish troopship "Chrobry" (11,442 tons) was sunk. Ross embarked for India on 22 September 1881 on the troopship "Jumma". Only in 1942 was she properly converted into a troopship. After completing troopship service, the vessel was handed back to Cunard-White Star in 1948. All were then entrained for Liverpool, where they embarked on the troopship "Duchess of York". This same event marked also the centenary of the sinking of the troopship SS "Mendi". On November 25, the regiment set sail for Ireland on board the troopship "Orontes".