Shortly after the signing of the Armistice, Astraea was anchored in Table Bay. Harold later wrote: Harold only later learned that Wilfred had been killed in action on 4 November 1918, a week before he had apparently appeared to him on Astraea. Scrapping Astraea returned to the UK and was paid off in July 1919. She was sold on 1 July 1920 to the ship breakers Castle, but was subsequently resold and was broken up in Germany in 1920. Notes References Sources Astraea-class cruisers Ships built in Plymouth, Devon 1893 ships World War I cruisers of the United Kingdom