Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Jirgin ruwa ya tafi sau biyu a kowace shekara a ƙarshen 1870s da farkon 1880s, musamman ga Gabashin Asiya. A cikin 1878, "Leipzig" ya shiga cikin takaddama ta diflomasiyya tare da Nicaragua. An yi amfani da "Prinz Adalbert" don tabbatar da mulkin mallaka na Jamus a Afirka. A tsakiyar shekarun 1880, "Leipzig" an sake gina shi sosai don ba da damar amfani da ita a matsayin jirgin ruwa a kan tashoshin kasashen waje. Ta yi aiki a ƙasashen waje a wannan matsayi daga 1888 zuwa 1893; a lokacin wannan ƙaddamarwa, ta shiga cikin yakin da za a kawar da 'yan tawayen.
Juyin juya halin Abushiri a Gabashin Afirka ta Jamus a 1888 <unk> 1890. Daga nan sai ta canza tsakanin Gabashin Afirka, China, da Chile, inda ta kare 'yan kasar Jamus a lokacin yakin basasa na Chile na 1891. A halin yanzu, "Prinz Adalbert" an canza shi zuwa jirgin horo a 1886, kuma ya yi aiki a wannan rawar na shekaru uku, kafin a rage shi zuwa jirgin ruwa a watan Mayu 1890. A shekara ta 1907, an sayar da shi don ɓarna; a wannan lokacin, "Leipzig" ma an rage shi zuwa jirgin ruwa da kuma horo na horo a 1895, ko da yake ta tsira har zuwa 1919, lokacin da ta nutse ba da gangan ba. An tayar da shi a 1921, shi ma an rushe shi.