On November 13, 1915, on her second transport voyage from Canada to Great Britain, under the command of W.D. Nelson, Calburga ran aground on rocks off the coast of Strumble Head in Wales.
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The crew had managed to escape in their own lifeboat and came ashore at Aberbach, where they were welcomed by The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society and provided transport back to their home port in Halifax.