Assignment as tender to HMS Warrior, a ship built fifteen years earlier, captured how quickly Shannon had lost front-line value. She was theoretically reactivated during the Panjdeh crisis, when Russian movement toward Afghanistan raised fears for British India. Even in that emergency she belonged to the last group prepared for operations and among the first returned to reserve after diplomacy eased the danger. The Navy's difficulty finding willing officers underlines that her poor reputation was recognized by the people expected to take her to sea.
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From cruiser to Warrior's tender
After refit Shannon became tender to the older HMS Warrior and ranked near the bottom of the reserve mobilization during the Panjdeh crisis.