Kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 1888, "Leipzig" ya fara aiki a ƙasashen waje, da farko zuwa Gabashin Afirka na Jamus, wanda yake a tsakiyar
Tawayen Abushiri. "Leipzig" da wasu jiragen ruwa da dama sun kafa rundunar sojan ruwa a karkashin umurnin "Konteradmiral" (Rear Admiral) Karl August Deinhard. Jiragen ruwan sun taimaka wajen kare Dar es Salaam da Bagamoyo, sun yi ruwan bama-bamai kan sojojin 'yan tawaye da ke gabar teku, kuma sun aika da rukunin sauka a bakin teku don taimakawa sake dawo da garuruwan da' yan tawaye suka kama. An ci nasara da tawayen a 1890, ya ba da izinin "Leipzig" da sauran corvettes na rundunar jiragen ruwa su yi tafiya zuwa gabashin Asiya. Amma bayan barkewar yakin basasa na Chile na 1891, an tura jiragen ruwa don kare 'yan Jamus a kasar kuma sun aika da wata ƙungiya zuwa Valparaiso don kare' yan Jamus a birnin. Bayan yaƙin, "Leipzig" ta yi tafiya zuwa Gabashin Afirka, inda ba ta da amfani. Ta ci gaba zuwa Gabashin Asiya kafin a sake dawo da ita zuwa Gabashin Afirka saboda tsoron sabunta rikici sakamakon maye gurbin Sultan Ali bin Said na Zanzibar. Wannan damuwa ce da ba ta da tushe, kuma bayan binciken da aka yi a Cape Town ya nuna cewa yanayinta ya yi muni sosai, sai aka sake kiranta zuwa Jamus. An gano cewa ba shi da daraja a gyara, an canza shi zuwa jirgin ruwa da horo a 1895, wani rawar da ta cika har zuwa 1919, lokacin da ta nutse ba zato ba tsammani. An tayar da ita a 1921 kuma daga baya aka rushe wannan shekarar.