HMS Decoy was a Daring-class torpedo boat destroyer which served with the Royal Navy in home waters.

The clumsy tube also reduced living quarters and made the bridge very prone to flooding.

Decoy took part in the 1896 British Naval Manoeuvres, attached to the Channel Fleet operation from Berehaven in southern Ireland.

[7] She took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII.

[8] She acted temporary as tender to Cambridge again from late August, when her crew transferred to HMS Ostrich, which took her place in the flotilla.