 In poor condition by 1877, she was decommissioned in April and struck from the naval register in November.She was ultimately sunk as a target ship during experiments with torpedoes in 1879.Beginning in 1843, the Prussian postal service "Preussischer Adler" initiated negotiations with the Russian government to establish a regular line between St. Petersburg and Stettin; the agreement was finalized in 1845, which called for both countries to provide a steamship to service the route.