HMS Royal Oak (1892) relieved by the battleship "Bulwark" and departed the Mediterranean in May 1902. She arrived at Plymouth on 16 May, and at Portsmouth the following day, and paid off there on 6 June 1902. She soon moved to Chatham Dockyard for a refit, during which casemates were provided for her six-inch upper deck guns. On 16 February 1903, "Royal Oak" recommissioned at Portsmouth for service in the Home Fleet using part of the battleship "Nile"'s crew as a nucleus. In the summer of 1903, she participated in combined exercises in the Atlantic involving the Home Fleet, Mediterranean, and Channel Fleets, as
Royal Oak, Michigan major span of the Woodward Dream Cruise. The city sponsors ancillary events around the Cruise. It is the site of the Detroit Zoo, one of the region's leading tourist attractions. In December 2009 it was announced that the Arts, Beats and Eats festival would be moved from Pontiac to Royal Oak. In addition to "The Detroit News" and "Detroit Free Press", regional newspapers serving all of southeast Michigan, the city is served by the "Daily Tribune", "The Oakland Press", the "Royal Oak Review", and "The Mirror". Royal Oak, Michigan Royal Oak is a city in Oakland County in the U.S.