 On arrival a minor collision meant that she did not participate with the Squadron in the Autumn Programme of visits to U.S. ports.Once repaired she took part in visits to Newfoundland and Canada, arriving at St John's on 7 September for the National Convention on the political future of the Colony, and took the Governor, Sir Gordon Macdonald on an official tour of isolated settlements on south coast.After visits on the northern coast, she then visited mainland ports, arriving at Quebec on 15 October.