 She escorted the royal yacht "Victoria and Albert" from Kiel, Germany to Reval when King Edward VII and his wife visited in Russia in June.The next month "Minotaur" escorted the battlecruiser as it carried the Prince of Wales to Canada to commemorate the tercentenary of Quebec City.The ship was transferred to the 1st Cruiser Squadron when the Home Fleet reorganized on 24 March 1909.