Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Shekarar 1888 ta bi irin wannan tsarin horo na horo a cikin shekarun baya, kodayake yanzu tana aiki tare da III Flotilla. A watan Yuli, ta bi jirgin ruwan da sabon Sarkin sarakuna Kaiser Wilhelm II a ziyarar da aka kai wa Sarkin Rasha Alexander III daga 14 zuwa 31 Yuli. Jirgin ya kuma hada da tsayawa a Sweden da Denmark. A lokacin watan Agusta da Satumba, ya jagoranci jiragen ruwa goma sha huɗu na jiragen ruwa na III Flotilla a matsayin wani ɓangare na rundunar da ke kare Wilhelmshaven daga rundunar soja masu adawa; ta jagoranci jiragen ruwa a cikin hare-haren da aka yi a kan jirgin ruwa. "Blitz" an cire shi a ƙarshen Satumba; barkewar cutar
Juyin juya halin Abushiri a Gabashin Afirka na Jamus ya sa sojojin ruwa su yi la'akari da aikawa da "Blitz" don shiga cikin Squadron na Gabashin Afirka, amma an yi watsi da shawarar. Ta kasance a cikin ruwan Jamus a shekara ta 1889, tana gudanar da horon horo tare da jiragen ruwa na torpedo a watan Yuli da kuma rakiyar Wilhelm II a kan tafiya zuwa Birtaniya a tsakiyar watan Satumba. Ta kasance a wurin don nunawa na torpedo wanda ya hada da nutsewar tsohon gunboat.