 Following his departure from Manila in August 1898 , Diederichs took Kaiser south to the Dutch East Indies . There , the ship represented Germany during celebrations for the coronation of Queen Wilhelmina . The ship then returned to Hong Kong via Singapore , before proceeding to Fuchow for gunnery practice . While steaming into the bay , however , the ship ran aground on an uncharted rock . Arcona and Cormoran arrived to tow Kaiser off the rocks , after which Diederichs sent her back to Hong Kong for repairs . Kaiser remained overseas until 1899 , when she returned to Germany . She was reduced to a harbor ship on 3 May 1904 and renamed Uranus on 12 October 1905 . The ship was stricken from the naval register on 21 May 1906 and used as a barracks ship for Württemberg in Flensburg . Uranus was ultimately broken up in 1920 in Harburg . 
