Shanghai French Concession
In 1900 the ship together with the coastal defence ship and the protected cruiser was sent to Shanghai to safeguard European citizens and Dutch interests in the region during the Boxer Rebellion. A landing party from "Holland" assisted in the defense of the Shanghai French Concession where many Dutch citizens where present. She and "Koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden" returned in the middle of October that year to the Dutch East Indies.