 On 26 October 1877, "Ryūjō" ran aground in high winds off Kagoshima, but she was successfully refloated the following year and brought to Yokosuka for repairs.From February to July 1881, she made port visits to Sydney, Melbourne in Australia and a circumnavigation of Tasmania.The following year, she made a second long-distance navigational training voyage to Wellingtion, Valparaíso, Callao and Honolulu.