Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna March 1911, ngarava dzomugungwa dzakaitisa miedzo muSkagerrak neKattegat. "Pommern" nemamwe mapoka ehondo akagamuchira mauto ehondo eBritain neAmerica muKiel muna June naJuly. Zviratidziro zvomunguva yechirimo zvegore racho zvakaganhurirwa kuBaltic neKattegat. Kumwe kuongororwa kwezvikepe kwakaitwa panguva yekurovedza kwevamiriri veAustria-Hungary vaisanganisira Archduke Franz Ferdinand naAdmiral Rudolf Montecuccoli. Pakati pa1912, nemhaka yeAgadir Crisis, rwendo rwomuzhizha rwakangopinda muBaltic chete kudzivisa kufumura ngarava munguva yekunetseka kwakanyanya neBritain neFrance. "Pommern" akatora chikamu mumhemberero dzinoverengeka dzekuyeuka makore makumi mashanu ezviitiko kubva kuHondo yechipiri yeSchleswig. Yokutanga, musi wa17 March, yakaitika paSwinemünde, pazuva rokupemberera
Hondo yeJasmund vakapinda mumhemberero paSonderburg musi wa 2 Chivabvu 1914 kupemberera makore makumi mashanu ehondo yeDybøl.