By the start of the war, these ships were no longer suitable for fleet duties, being used instead as escorts.

The destroyer returned to fleet duties on 24 June.

It did every kind of menial fleet duty, mostly several hundred thousand miles of dull escorting.

They were second class cruisers and designed for a variety of roles including both trade protection and fleet duties.

She was removed from fleet duty to serve as a harbor guard ship at the end of 1891.

These were more economical than using destroyers, which were needed for fleet duties.

She was deployed for fleet duties until her return to the United Kingdom in November.

These ships were intended for fleet duties rather than trade protection, which their predecessors had been designed for.

There was a general hiatus in British cruiser production after this time, apart from a few classes of small, fast scout cruisers for fleet duties.

The destroyer carried out routine fleet duties from her Norfolk base until 1950.