A watan Disamba na 1903, an canja shi zuwa Royal Navy na Australia Squadron, inda ta yi aiki har zuwa Oktoba 1913, lokacin da aka ba da tashar Australia zuwa iko da RAN. "Psyche" sannan aka sanya shi zuwa ruwan New Zealand. A cikin 1914, "Psyche" ya kasance wani ɓangare na rakiyar New Zealand Force wanda
Jamus ta mallaki Samoa (yanzu Samoa). "Psyche" kuma ya raka jiragen ruwa na sojojin da ke tafiya daga New Zealand zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya. Ta koma Sydney a ƙarshen 1914, kuma an cire shi a ranar 22 ga Janairu, 1915.