 This work was finished by March 1865 and she was then taken to Danzig, where she was decommissioned for a more thorough overhaul.The project was delayed until October 1867, lasting until February 1868.She was recommissioned on 11 August 1868 to carry a delegation of senior naval officers to visit Russia; she got underway on 20 August with "Vizeadmiral" Eduard von Jachmann, the director of the Ministry for the Navy, aboard, along with his adjutant, "Kapitänleutnant" Reinhold von Werner, the Chief of Staff for the High Command, "Kapitän zur See" ("KzS"—Captain at Sea) Carl Ferdinand Batsch, and the head of the Artillery Department, "KK" Georg von Schleinitz.