"Quail" returned to home waters in 1903, joining the Mediterranean Fleet in October 1904, and returning to the United Kingdom in 1906. On 7 August 1907, "Quail" was involved in a collision with the scout cruiser HMS "Attentive", badly damaging her bow. On 30 May 1910, "Quail" collided with the British fishing trawler "Olivia" off Porthallow, Cornwall, England, killing four men from the village of Flushing, Cornwall, aboard "Olivia". "Quail" was a member of the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla, based at Devonport, in 1910, and was still a member of the Fifth Flotilla in 1913. On 30 August 1912 the Admiralty directed all destroyers were to be grouped into classes designated by letters based on contract speed and appearance. As a four-funneled 30-knotter destroyer, "Quail" was assigned to the B Class. HMS "Quail" formed part of the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla based on the Humber on the outbreak of the First World War, continuing operations until the end of the war. She was sold for breaking up on 23 July 1919.