Ka cika wannan jumlar: An dakatar da tashar kanta a shekara ta 1905, kuma an ba da wuraren da ke Esquimalt, British Columbia ga Ma'aikatar Marine da Kifi na Kanada. "Shearwater" kuma ya kasance a Esquimalt, kuma a cikin 1910 an zartar da Dokar Sabis na Naval, wanda ya haifar da Royal Canadian Navy. "Shearwater" ya sake yin aiki, har yanzu a matsayin jirgin ruwa na Royal Navy, a Esquimalt a ranar 27 ga Nuwamba, 1912. A farkon yakin duniya na farko, "Algerine" da "Shearwater" an tura su a matsayin wani ɓangare na rundunar sojan ruwa na kasa da kasa a bakin tekun Mexico, suna kare bukatun kasashen waje a lokacin yakin basasa.
Yaƙin basasa. An ba da umarnin kudu don rufe janyewarsu zuwa Esquimalt, duk jiragen ruwa sun isa lafiya mako guda bayan haka.