Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekupedza kugadziriswa kwake, "Seeadler" akarayirwa kuGerman South-West Africa musi wa 28 Kubvumbi kuti abatsire "Schutztruppe" mukudzvinyirira kupandukira kwenzvimbo. Ngarava yacho yakanga yakapiwa basa rokumisa kutumira zvombo kwaibva kuvatengesi vezvombo vokuBritain zvichienda kuvapanduki. "Seeadler" akabva aenda kuSwakopmund musi wa5 Chivabvu; akabatanidzwa ikoko nechikepe chehondo. Ngarava dzacho mbiri dzakatumira masoja kumhenderekedzo yegungwa kuti adzivirire guta racho. Pakupera kwemwedzi wacho, "Seeadler" akadzokera kuEast Africa. Musi wa 2 Gumiguru, akaenda kuZanzibar kunotora Sultan Khalid bin Barghash kuDar es Salaam zvichitevera Hondo pfupi yeAnglo-Zanzibar.
. Musi waDecember 20, "Seeadler" akadanwa zvakare kuLourenço Marques mushure mekunge gweta reGerman Graf von Pfeil arwiswa nemapurisa ePortugal. "Condor" akabatana naye ikoko pana 2 January 1897 kusimbisa kuratidzwa kwesimba. "Seeadler" pashure pacho akaenda kuCape Town kunogadziridzwa gore negore.