The German ship retreated when the British AMCs came in sight and escaped detection. The British mistakenly presumed the "George Clymer" had been torpedoed by a submarine. Other successes followed as "Michel" crossed in the South Atlantic and entered the Indian Ocean. After a successful cruise of eleven and a half months, she arrived in Japan in March 1943, having off loaded the rescued allied sailors at Singapore. During her 346 days at sea, "Michel" had encountered and sunk 15 allied merchant ships, for a total of 99,000 tons (GRT). After a refit, "Michel" sailed from Yokohama on her second cruise on 21 May 1943, now under the command of KzS Günther Gumprich, who had previously commanded the "Thor". She sailed along the west coast of Australia, and crossed the Pacific Ocean to the coast of South America. "Michel" encountered and sank three allied ships over a five-month period, for a total of , before making her return to Japan. Built as HØEGH SILVERDAWN at Burmeister & Wains Maskin- & Skibsbyggeri, København, Denmark for Skibs-A/S Arizona (Leif Høegh & Co. A/S), Oslo. Launched 22/12. 1940 Delivered in March.  1943 Attacked and sunk 15/06 by the German raider MICHEL South East of Cocos Islands in tha Indian Ocean (25.40S- 92.00E) whilst on a voyage from Fremantle, WA, Australia to Abadan, Iran with munitions and general cargo. 30 crew and 6 passengers killed. 3 survivors were saved after 11 days on a raft. 14 survivors arrived at India after 32 days and 3.100 nm in a damaged lifeboat. The fate of her last victim, the Norwegian tanker "India", sunk in the southern Pacific on 11 September 1943 with a loss of all hands, would not be known until after the war's end. On 29 August, "Michel"'s lookouts had sighted what they identified as a Pensacola-class cruiser. Gumprich ordered a northern course to avoid the powerful enemy warship. The log of the American light cruiser USS "Trenton" shows that she had a radar contact which lasted for 15 minutes on the previous day. "Trenton" was patrolling between and . Had the American cruiser investigated, the "India" might have been saved.