 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zvikepe zvechivhariso zvakaita sePhoenix zvakanga zvisingachashandiswi kwemakore akawanda, asi zvakaramba zviri zvakanakisisa nokuda kwokufambisa umambo hweBritain hwomugungwa hwakapararira, uye zvose zviri zviviri Phoenix neAlgerine zvakagoverwa kuChina Station. Ngarava dzose dziri mbiri dzakatangazve basa kuHong Kong uye dzakashanda mumvura dzeChina panguva yeBhokisi Rebellion. Muna June 1900 Algerine akabatanidzwa mukurwiswa kweTaku Forts, kusanganisira kubatsira kune nyika dzakawanda dzinosvika, uye vakakuvadza varume vatanhatu. Iye akaburitsawo pfuti ye4-inch, uye iyi yakashandiswa mukutora Tientsin. Phoenix yakanga ine nhamo yokuva parutivi pechiteshi chemazimbe muHong Kong musi wa 18 September 1906 apo dutu rakarova nyika yacho. Yakaputsika ndokuva kurasikirwa kwakakwana. Algerine yakapfuurira kubatira, kubatanidza nguva paEsquimalt neWest Coast yeUnited States. Muna 1914 vashandi vake vakatumirwa kumunhu, uye muna 1917 akakweretwa kuRoyal Canadian Navy kuti ashumire sechikepe chechitoro paEsquimalt. Yakatengeswa muna 1919 ndokushandurwa kuva ngarava yokununura. Muchifukidziro chake chitsva akaparadzwa musi wa13 October 1923 muPrincipe Channel, British Columbia. 