Ka cika wannan magana: Bayan an shiga aiki, an tura jirgin zuwa tsibirin Italiya a shekara ta 1861 don ya kāre 'yan Prussia da wasu' yan Jamus a lokacin Yaƙin 'Yancin kai na Italiya na biyu, wani ɓangare na haɗin Italiya. Daga nan sai ta tafi Girka, Daular Ottoman, sannan zuwa Romania kafin a dawo da ita zuwa Prussia a 1862. Ta yi aiki a cikin aikin da aka yi niyya a lokacin Yaƙin Schleswig na Biyu, yana aiki a matsayin kwamandan jirgin ruwa don rundunar jiragen ruwa biyar na jiragen ruwa da ke cikin Baltic Sea. Ta ga aikin da aka yi wa sojojin ruwa na Danish a lokacin yakin a
Yaƙin Jasmund, inda ta karɓi guda ɗaya wanda ya kashe mutum ɗaya. Bayan yakin, an cire shi daga aiki kuma ya ga kadan aiki ga sauran shekaru goma, lokacin da yake cikin mummunan yanayi.