She left Portsmouth on 19 January 1900 with a new crew for HMS Ramillies, which had recently become flagship of the second in command, Mediterranean station.

[2] Returning from Malta she transported the paid-off crew of Ramillies to Portsmouth, where she arrived the following month.

[3] She was then ordered to take out reliefs for the Australia Station,[4] passing through Gibraltar, Malta and other stops en route.

On the outbreak of the First World War she was assigned to the 9th Cruiser Squadron operating in the Atlantic and was stationed off Cape Finisterre as flagship until June 1915.

Purchased by G F Bletto on 15 September 1920 for conversion to an emigrant carrier, the vessel sank in a gale off Corsica in January 1921.