Kammala wannan jumla: "Pfeil" ya yi aiki a cikin nau'o'i daban-daban a cikin aikinsa na tsawon lokaci a cikin jirgin ruwa na Jamus. Ta fara aiki tare da tawagar horo a ƙarshen 1880s, gudanar da atisaye da horar da jiragen ruwa. A ƙarshen 1888, an umurce shi da ya karfafa rundunar sojojin Gabashin Afirka a lokacin da ake fama da tashin hankali.
Tawaye na Abushiri kan mulkin mallaka a Gabashin Afirka na Jamus. Ta taimaka wajen gudanar da toshe bakin teku, ta ba da gudummawar maza ga ƙungiyoyin sauka, kuma ta harba sojojin 'yan tawaye. Ta yi aiki tare da Squadron Squadron ta hanyar 1890s kuma ta ga sabis a matsayin jirgin ruwa na kare kifi da kuma jirgin horo ga ma'aikatan dakin injiniya.