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She was still serving in the unit in 1895, by which time the fleet's cruiser division consisted of ''Troude'', ''Lalande'', ''Cosmao'', and the protected cruisers {{ship|French cruiser|Tage||2}}, and {{ship|French cruiser|Suchet||2}}.{{sfn|Brassey 1895|p=50}} She took part in the fleet maneuvers that year, which began on 1 July and concluded on the 27th. She was assigned to "Fleet B", which along with "Fleet A" represented the French fleet, and was tasked with defeating the hostile "Fleet C", which represented the Italian fleet.{{sfn|Gleig|pp=195–196}} She remained in the Mediterranean Squadron in 1896,{{sfn|Brassey 1896|p=62}} and she took part in that year's maneuvers as part of the cruiser [[Screening (tactical)|screen]] for the 3rd Division. The maneuvers for that year took place from 6 to 30 July.{{sfn|Thursfield|pp=164–167}}
''Troude'' initially remained with the active units of the Mediterranean Squadron in 1897.{{sfn|Brassey 1897|p=57}} Later that year, she served as the [[flagship]] of Rear Admiral [[Édouard Pottier]] in the Levant Division at the start of the [[Cretan Revolt (1897-1898)|Cretan Revolt of 1897–1898]].{{sfn|Robinson|p=187}} By 1898, the armored cruiser {{ship|French cruiser|Amiral Charner||2}} had replaced ''Troude'' as the flagship, allowing the latter to return to France.{{sfn|Naval Notes: France|p=1092}} ''Troude'' served in the North Atlantic Division in 1900, along with ''Amiral Cécille'' and ''Suchet''.{{sfn|Garbett|p=1026}} ''Troude'' and her sister ships had been deactivated and placed in the [[reserve fleet]] by January 1901.{{sfn|Jordan & Caresse|p=219}}
In 1903, the ship was reactivated and assigned to the Atlantic Squadron, which had previously been amalgamated with the Northern Squadron. At that time, the unit consisted of ''Tage'', ''Troude'', and the protected cruiser {{ship|French cruiser|D'Estrées||2}}.{{sfn|Brassey 1903|pp=58–60}} She operated as part of the Newfoundland and Iceland Naval Division in 1904 in company with the protected cruiser {{ship|French cruiser|Lavoisier||2}}, which was tasked with patrolling fishing areas off the coast of North America.{{sfn|Meirat|p=21}} In 1905, she operated in the Atlantic Squadron with the armored cruiser {{ship|French cruiser|Dupleix|1900|2}} and the protected cruiser {{ship|French cruiser|Jurien de la Gravière||2}}.{{sfn|Brassey 1905|p=42}} The ship was struck from the [[naval register]] in either 1907,{{sfn|Gardiner & Gray|p=193}} or 1908,{{sfn|Gardiner|p=310}} and was [[ship breaking|broken up]] for [[scrap]] that year.{{sfn|Gardiner & Gray|p=193}}
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