sentences:  Officers and crew received the China War Medal (1900) on 15 April, before she paid off at Devonport two days later.Upon her return, "Aurora" left in August 1902 for Clydebank to be refitted, and was placed in Devonport Reserve in 1904 before she was taken out of service the following year.The ship was sold for scrap to Payton, of Milford Haven, Wales, on 2 October 1907 for £12,700.