Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Régis de Oliveira, matar ministan Brazil zuwa Burtaniya, ta yi wa "São Paulo" baftisma, kuma an ƙaddamar da shi a Barrow-in-Furness a ranar 19 ga Afrilu 1909 tare da yawancin jami'an diflomasiyyar Kudancin Amurka da jami'an sojan ruwa. An ba da jirgin a ranar 12 ga Yuli, kuma bayan da aka gwada shi da gwaji, ya bar Greenock a ranar 16 ga Satumba, 1910. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, ya tsaya a Cherbourg, Faransa, don ya ɗauki Shugaban Brazil Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca. Da yake barin ranar 27, "São Paulo" ya tashi zuwa Lisbon, Portugal, inda Fonseca ya zama baƙon Sarki Manuel II na Portugal. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan da suka isa
5 Oktoba 1910 juyin juya halin ya fara, wanda ya haifar da faduwar mulkin mallaka na Fotigal. Kodayake shugaban ya ba da mafaka ta siyasa ga sarki da danginsa, an ƙi wannan tayin. Wata jita-jita cewa sarki yana cikin jirgin, wanda jaridu suka watsa kuma aka ba da rahoto ga ofishin jakadancin Brazil a Paris, ya sa 'yan juyin juya hali su yi ƙoƙarin bincika jirgin, amma an hana su izini. Sun kuma nemi Brazil ta sauko da sojan ruwa "don taimakawa wajen kiyaye tsari", amma wannan bukatar ma an ki. "São Paulo" ya bar Lisbon a ranar 7 ga Oktoba zuwa Rio de Janeiro, kuma ya sauka a can a ranar 25 ga Oktoba.