Cika wannan jumla: A shekara ta 1888,
Juyin juya halin Abushiri, babban tashin hankali ga mulkin mallaka na Jamus a Gabashin Afirka na Jamus, ya sa sojojin ruwa suka aika da ƙarfafawa zuwa mulkin mallaka. "Pfeil" an sake dawowa a ranar 12 ga Nuwamba don shiga cikin jirgin ruwa mara kariya, wanda za a tura shi a can. Yayin da yake kan hanya, "Pfeil" ya sha wahala da hadari a cikin Arewacin teku kuma dole ne ya tsaya a Plymouth don gyare-gyare wanda ya jinkirta zuwansa har zuwa 4 ga Janairu, 1889. Bayan ya isa yankin, sai ya shiga rundunar sojin Afirka ta Gabas, a karkashin umurnin "Konteradmiral" Karl August Deinhard, wanda ya tashi da tutar sa a cikin jirgin ruwa. Da farko Deinhard ya umarci "Pfeil" da ya dauki nauyin shinge a bakin tekun daga Bagamoyo zuwa tsibirin Mafia. A ranar 1 ga Maris, ya aika da "Pfeil" don yin sintiri a Zanzibar; a lokacin lokacin da yake aiki a kan aikin toshewa, ya binciki jiragen ruwa 411, mafi yawan kowane jirgin ruwa a cikin rukunin. "Leipzig", "Pfeil", da "Schwalbe" sun harbe Saadani a ranar 6 ga Yuni kuma sun aika da mutane zuwa bakin teku don kai hari ga 'yan tawaye a can. "Pfeil" shi ne na farko da aka yi da karfe, wanda ba a yi amfani da shi ba, wanda Jamus ta aika zuwa ga yankunan Afirka, ko da yake jikinsa na karfe ya sa ya zama bai dace da shi ba a cikin dogon lokaci zuwa wurare masu zafi, kuma an cire shi a ranar 29 ga Satumba don komawa gida.