She was built as Hebe on 1877 at Trieste by the shipyard Austrian Hungarian Lloyd for its own shipping company, that had the same name. On 1897 was renamed Unione, and on 1902 was bouhgt by A. Galindo registered in Spain and rechristened Carlos. She was for some time trading between Alicante and Oran, and later Barcelona and Vinaroz. In one of these last trips, on July 1905, was grounded at Islas Columbretes to avoid sinking, but she sunk anyway.