Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa10 Gumiguru 1890, mauto ehondo akasimbisa Torpedo Trials Command kuti awedzere kuvandudza ruoko rwetorpedo rwechikepe; basa iri rakanga raitwa neTorpedo Workshop muFriedrichsort. "Greif" yakabatanidzwa kumirairo musi wa1 Mbudzi kuti ibatsire nekuedza kushanda muKiel Bay. Basa iri rakakanganiswa musi wa 2 Kubvumbi 1891 apo "Greif" yakatanga Wilhelm II kukwazisa screw corvette, ipapo ichidzoka kubva kuGerman East Africa, uko kupandukira kweAbushiri
rakanga richangobva kudzvinyirirwa. Musi wa10 Chikumi, "Greif" yakapinda mudoko rakaoma pa "Kaiserliche Werft" muKiel kuitira kuvandudzwa, kwaisanganisira kutsiva bhatiri rake guru. Basa rakapedzwa pana 21 August, rakateverwa nemiedzo yegungwa muDanzig Bay kusvikira muna November. Gore ra1892 rakapfuura risina chiitiko, nechiitiko choga chinozivikanwa chiri kutora chikamu kwe "Greif" mumitambo yekudzidzira ngarava kubva musi wa30 Nyamavhuvhu kusvika musi wa5 Gunyana.