Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Antrim", yakatumidzwa kurangarira county yeIreland, yakaiswa naJohn Brown &amp; Company panzvimbo yavo yokugadzira ngarava yeClydeside musi wa 27 August 1902 uye yakatangwa musi wa 8 October 1903. Yakanga yapera musi wa 23 Chikumi 1905 uye yakatanga kupihwa ku1st Cruiser Squadron yeChannel Fleet pamwe chete nehanzvadzi dzake dzakawanda. Akatumirwa kuCasablanca, Morocco muna August 1907 zvichitevera kumukira kwakatungamirira pakuputirwa kweCasablanca
. Yakanga yaendeswa ku 2nd Cruiser Squadron yeAtlantic Fleet muna March 1907 uye yakabva yaendeswa kune reserve Third Fleet paDevonport muna April 1909. Yakanga yaendeswa kuMersey mukati megore ra1911 Liverpool general transport strike. Muna December 1912 ngarava yakava mureza we 3rd Cruiser Squadron yeChipiri Fleet.