 She went to Folkestone on 18 June 1878 to take part in salvage work for the turret ship that had been sunk there in an accidental collision the previous month.Her crew assisted in the burial of those killed in the sinking at a local cemetery.She returned to Wilhelmshaven on 21 September, and the following year work began to prepare the vessel to serve as the station ship in Constantinople; Germany had inherited Prussia's rights under the 1856 Treaty of Paris to operate a vessel in the Black Sea, and "Loreley" was to fill this role once again.