 The next month, she carried Prince Friedrich Karl from Flensburg to Heiligenhafen, and in mid-August, the ship was transferred from Kiel to Wilhelmshaven, where she continued to serve as a tender.Prince Adalbert, the Inspector General of the Navy, boarded "Preussischer Adler" for his last cruise in the North and Baltic Seas in September; at the conclusion of the voyage, the ship returned to Wilhelmshaven, where she was decommissioned.In April 1872, "Preussischer Adler" was recommissioned for a new role