In October 1901 she collided in heavy wind near Felixstowe pier with the passenger steamer Suffolk, and the stem was damaged.

[4] In early August 1902 she was again back in the Medway flotilla, taking the crew of HMS Porcupine under the command of Lieutenant George Geoffrey Codrington.

[5] She took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII,[6] before Codrington and the crew turned over to HMS Hardy which replaced her in the flotilla in December the same year.

After 30 September 1913, she was known as a D-class destroyer and had the letter 'D' painted on the hull below the bridge area and on either the fore or aft funnel.

[8] August 1914 found her in commission in the Portsmouth Local Flotilla tendered to HMS Excellent, the Portsmouth-based gunnery school.