Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - "Blitz" da "Pfeil" sun yi aiki sosai a cikin ayyuka daban-daban; "Blitz" ya shafe yawancin aikinta a matsayin shugaban rundunar jiragen ruwa don jiragen ruwa na torpedo, yayin da "Pfeil" ke aiki tare da tawagar horo da babban jirgin ruwa. An tura "Pfeil" zuwa Gabashin Afirka ta Jamus a 1889 don murkushe tawayen Abushiri
, ya koma Jamus a 1890. A cikin shekarun 1890, jiragen ruwa sun yi aiki tare da jiragen ruwa, suna gudanar da aikin yau da kullum na shekara-shekara da kuma horar da jiragen ruwa. Sun yi aiki a wasu nau'ikan ƙarin ayyuka a cikin shekarun 1890 da 1900, gami da masu ba da izini, jiragen ruwa na kare kifi, da jiragen ruwa na horo. Sun yi aiki ne a matsayin masu ba da kyauta ga rundunonin yaƙi na Babban Jirgin Ruwa na Tsakiya a tsakiyar shekarun 1900, suna cika wannan rawar har zuwa farkon yakin duniya na. "Blitz" ya shiga cikin Operation Albion a cikin Baltic Sea a ƙarshen 1917 kuma "Pfeil" daga baya aka yi amfani da shi a matsayin jirgin horo ga ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa. An watsar da jiragen ruwa a farkon shekarun 1920 kuma an rushe su don raguwa.