Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Zvose zvina zvakagoverwa mukupera kwa1863 kana kuti kutanga kwa1864 sezvo Prussia neshamwari yayo Austria vakagadzirira Hondo yechipiri yeSchleswig neDenmark, iyo yakatanga muna February 1864. Mukati mehondo, zvikepe zvina zvehondo zvakapihwa mabasa ekudzivirira kumahombekombe muGungwa reBaltic, uye "Comet" yakaona chiito pa
Hondo yeJasmund muna March 1864, apo iye akatengesa moto usingashandisi neDanish screw frigate kure kure. Mitezo yechishanu neyechitanhatu yekirasi yacho, "Blitz" uye "Basilisk", yakanga yatumirwa kuGungwa reMediterranean parwendo rwokudzidzisa uye yaifanira kunzi idzokere pakutanga kwehondo. Vakabatana nechikwata cheAustria chaiva nezvikepe zvechikepe zvainzi screw frigates uye vaitungamirirwa na"Kommodore" (Commodore) Wilhelm von Tegetthoff. Mauto eAustria nePrussia akarwisa chikwata cheDenmark chaivharira mahombekombe eNorth Sea enyika dzeGerman muhondo yeHelgoland, kunyange zvazvo "Blitz" ne "Basilisk" zvaive zvishoma kuti zviite basa rinoshanda mukubatana. Pashure pehondo, ngarava dzacho dzakaramba dzichishanda, zvikurukuru kuti dziongorore mhenderekedzo dzegungwa dzeSchleswig neHolstein, madunhu akanga atorwa neAustria nePrussia munguva yehondo.