"Iagudiil" took an active role in the city's defense during the Siege of Sevastopol, engaging in artillery duels with Anglo-French field artillery batteries in October 1854. Following the collapse of the Russian garrison on 28 August 1855 in the aftermath of the Battle of Malakoff the day before, the retreating Russian soldiers set fire to "Iagudiil" to prevent her from being seized by the British and French. Her burned out hulk was later demolished with explosives in 1857.