1900. She remained formally assigned to the Reserve Division into 1901, though she lay in Toulon and did not operate with the rest of the unit. By that time, her boilers were in poor condition, and new Belleville boilers were ordered to replace them on 14 August; in the meantime, her existing boilers were re-tubed to allow her to continue operating as a training vessel. By 1903, Marceau had joined her as a training ship; both ships were based in Toulon. The Belleville boilers were delivered in 1907, but by that time, the navy had no intention of completing the overhaul; her sister Neptune had had her re-boilering cancelled two years earlier. Magenta was decommissioned on 28 October 1907 she was struck from the naval register on 6 May 1909. She was thereafter used as a barracks ship in Toulon, replacing the old ironclad . She was listed for sale 1 August 1911 and was later sold to be broken up. Notes References 1890 ships Magenta