 On 17 May, she stopped the British fishing boat "Lady Goodwill" for violating German waters.In 1888, "Falke" conducted a series of cruises in the North and Baltic Seas for members of the "Admiralstab" (Admiralty Staff).Decommissioned for the last time in late 1888, she was struck from the naval register on 18 November 1890 and sold for scrap in November 1892, thereafter being broken up.