In April 1902 she had finished a refit at Sheerness, and the following month she was commissioned at Chatham by Lieutenant Julian Walter Elmslie Townsend and the crew of the destroyer, taking that ship ´ s place in the Medway Instructional Flotilla.
In April 1902 she had finished a refit at Sheerness, and was commissioned at Chatham by Lieutenant and Commander J. W. E. Townsend the following month. She received the crew of the destroyer, taking that ship ´ s place in the Medway Instructional Flotilla.