 The following year, she was replaced by the cruiser , though "Bayard" remained in the area as a stationary guard ship.She was moored in Port Courbet (now Hạ Long) as the flagship of the Annam and Tonkin Division, which included the aviso and three gunboats.That year, she was converted into a hulk, and was employed in that role until 1904 when she was struck from the naval register.