Ka kammala wannan jumla: Ko da yake "Kaiserin Elisabeth" ta ƙona kwal mai yawa, a shekara ta 1914 har yanzu tana iya yin tururi da sauri kuma an tura ta zuwa ƙasar Sin. Bayan barkewar Yaƙin Duniya na Farko, "Kaiserin Elisabeth" ya shiga cikin tsaron mulkin mallaka na Tsingtao na Jamus, wanda ya kasance
Jafananci sun kewaye shi a ranar 25 ga Agusta 1914; Japan ta yi yaƙi da Jamus a ranar 23 ga Agusta kuma kasancewar "Kaiserin Elisabeth" ya sa Japan ta yi yaƙi da Austria-Hungary a ranar 25 ga Agusta. A Tsingtao tare da "Kaiserin Elisabeth" sun kasance jirgin ruwa mai haske na Imperial German Navy, gunboats, da kuma jirgin ruwa na torpedo. (Jamusanci Asiatic Squadron, kullum tushen a Tsingtau, ya sanya wani dash ga gida a fadin Pacific.) An rarraba ma'aikatan jirgin zuwa rukuni biyu; daya ya ci gaba da aikin jirgin, yayin da ɗayan ya ƙarfafa sojojin Jamus.