Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan kammala gyaranta, "Seeadler" an umurce shi da zuwa Jamus ta Kudu maso Yammacin Afirka a ranar 28 ga Afrilu don taimakawa "Schutztruppe" wajen murkushe wani tawaye na gida. An ba wa jirgin aikin katse jigilar makamai daga dillalan makamai na Burtaniya zuwa 'yan tawaye. "Seeadler" daga nan ya ci gaba zuwa Swakopmund a ranar 5 ga Mayu; ya shiga can ta hanyar jirgin ruwa. Jirgin biyu sun aika da sojojin zuwa bakin teku don kare birnin. A ƙarshen watan, "Seeadler" ya koma Gabashin Afirka. A ranar 2 ga Oktoba, ta tashi zuwa Zanzibar don ɗaukar Sultan Khalid bin Barghash zuwa Dar es Salaam bayan ɗan gajeren Yaƙin Anglo-Zanzibar.
Ka yi haƙuri. A ranar 20 ga Disamba, an sake kiran "Seeadler" zuwa Lourenço Marques bayan da 'yan sandan mulkin mallaka na Fotigal suka kai wa jakadan Jamus Graf von Pfeil hari. "Condor" ya haɗu da ita a ranar 2 ga Janairu 1897 don ƙarfafa nuna karfi. "Seeadler" daga nan ta ci gaba zuwa Cape Town don gyaranta na shekara-shekara.