Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Jamus ta gina jirgin ne a matsayin jirgin jigilar kaya don amfani da shi a cikin yarjejeniyar Daular Jamus a China kuma an san shi da "Michael Jebsen" (wanda aka kira shi bayan dan kasuwa na Jamus a China Michael Jebsen). Gidan tashar jirgin ruwansa yana cikin tashar tashar jiragen ruwa ta Qingdao ta zamani, yawanci ana kiransa Tsingtao a Turanci a lokacin, ko kuma Kiautschou a Jamusanci. A cikin shekarar farko ta Yaƙin Duniya na I, Jafananci sun kai wa Daular Jamus hari. 'Yan Jamus sun rasa
Siege na Tsingtao, kuma "Michael Jebsen" an nutsar da shi a Jiaozhou Bay a watan Nuwamba 1914 don hana shi fadawa hannun abokan gaba. Duk da haka, Jafananci sun sake dawo da jirgin. A ranar 16 ga Yuli, 1915, sun sake kiran jirgin "Kōshū" (膠州), Jafananci don "Jiaozhou", inda aka ɗauke shi. "Kōshū" ya yi aiki a matsayin jirgin ruwa mai sauƙi don tsawon lokacin yakin.