Continuing with the take of its last days:

She was sold to Sir John Jarvis, who also purchased Olympic, to provide work for his local region.  

Jarvis, a Conservative politician and philanthropist/ "In November 1943 he wrote to The Times newspaper to summarise his experiences in Jarrow,  asserting that it was better to bring work to people in depressed areas than to encourage them to move in search of work." That's what "provide work for the local region" meant, I presume.

She sailed for the River Tyne under the command of Captain George Gibbons and was scrapped down to the waterline. Due to the size of the vessel and the outbreak of the Second World War, final demolition took place only in 1946.

But they hacked some of it down - and turned it into cat food cans.