Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Iris" an cire shi don gyara a Hong Kong a ranar 31 ga Janairu 1900, kuma ya sake komawa aiki a watan Mayu a karkashin jagorancin Lieutenant Dudley Wright Knox USN har zuwa Yuni 1901. A wannan lokacin, "Iris" ya koma aiki a Philippines a lokacin tawaye
kuma ya yi aiki a cikin Boxer Rebellion. Ma'aikatan da ke aiki a kan ta tsakanin 29 ga Yuni zuwa 24 ga Yuli 1900 sun cancanci samun lambar yabo ta Sin.