Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - "Triumph" yakadzorerwazve ichishandisa vashandi vemakungwa akaparadzaniswa, akawedzerwa nevakuru vakuru vaviri, varume zana vakanyorwa, uye vatanhatu vanoratidza kubva kuDuke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, uye vakagadzirira gungwa musi wa6 Nyamavhuvhu 1914. "Triumph" yakatora rutivi mumibato yeGermany yekoloni yeTsingtao, China mukuvamba kwaAugust 1914, nechinangwa chokumisa ngarava dzeGermany kupinda kana kudzokera kuchiteshi. "Triumph", pamwe chete ne "Senegambia", vakatora ngarava yeGerman "Senegambia", yakatakurwa nemarasha nemombe, mangwanani e21 Nyamavhuvhu, ne "Dupliex" ichidzingirira uye pakupedzisira ichitora ngarava yechipiri yevatengesi, "C. Ferd Laeiz". Manheru aAugust 21, "Triumph" yakabata ngarava yezvokutengeserana yeGermany "Frisia", inotakurawo marasha nemombe. Musi wa 23 Nyamavhuvhu 1914, akabatanidzwa ku Imperial Japanese Navy's Second Fleet, uye mushure mekubvisa mauto ake ekuzvipira kuWei-hai-wei, akapinda mumushandirapamwe
mukurwisana nekoloni yeGermany paTsingtao. MunaSeptember, "Triumph", pamwe chete nemuparadzi, akaperekedza konvo inotakura mauto eBritain kuti aite mabasa kurwisa Tsingtao, ne "Triumph" ichitora chikamu mukuputika kwakawanda kwenzvimbo dzeGerman kusvika pakutorwa kweTsingtao nemaJapan. "Triumph" yakarohwa neGermany shell panguva yekuputika musi wa14 Gumiguru, ichikanganisa mast, uye ichiuraya mumwe mutyairi uye ichikuvadza vamwe vaviri. NaTsingtao mumaoko echiJapan, "Triumph" yakadzokera kuHong Kong nokuda kwokuvandudzwa musi wa19 November 1914.