 Anokwidziridzwa kuva mutungamiriri musi wa 1 January 1898, Limpus akaiswa kukireshi inodzivirirwa HMS Inotyisa apo yakagadzwa muna September 1899 pasi paKaputeni Percy Scott. Ngarava iyi yaifanirwa kushanda paChina Station, asi yakanonoka kuSouth Africa zvichitevera kutanga kweHondo yechipiri yeBoer. Limpus akanga akabatanidzwa neboka rehondo raiperekedza simba rokubatsira reLadysmith, kutora chikamu muhondo dzeColenso Zvita 1899 uye Spion Kop Ndira 1900 uye rubatsiro chairwo rweLadysmith musi wa 28 Kukadzi 1900. Akakwidziridzwa kunzvimbo yemutungamiriri musi wa 2 Chivabvu 1900, nekuda kwemabasa ake muSouth Africa. Inotyisa yakaenda kuChina muna March 1900, ndokutora rutivi muBoksers Rebellion. 