 During the exercises, "Gneisenau" collided with the Danish schooner "Delphin" off Horns Rev on 24 August, and could save only three men from her crew before the latter sank.On 28 September she embarked on the annual winter cruise, which again went to the West Indies.While in Charlotte Amalie, "Gneisenau" and the Danish gunboat helped to suppress a major fire in the port.