Ka kammala wannan magana: "Philomel" ya yi shekara shida yana aikin kama bayi a gabar tekun Afirka. A shekara ta 1896, ta shiga cikin
Yaƙin Anglo-Zanzibar, lokacin da 'yan tawaye suka kashe Sarkin Zanzibar kuma suka kwace fadarsa. Tare da jiragen ruwa guda uku da kuma, ta yi ruwan bama-bamai a sansanin sarauta da kuma jirgin ruwa na Zanzibar Navy,. Wannan aikin ya ɗauki ƙasa da sa'a ɗaya kuma ya haifar da fatattakar 'yan tawaye. A shekara mai zuwa, "Philomel" an canza shi zuwa ɓangaren Yammacin Afirka na Cape of Good Hope Station kuma ya shiga cikin Benin Expedition.