Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Paakapinda mubasa, "Blitz" akashanda semutungamiri we flotilla yeI Torpedo-boat Flotilla; panguva iyoyo, Alfred von Tirpitz, mugadziri wenguva yemberi weHigh Seas Fleet, akatungamira mashandiro engarava ye torpedo craft, uye "Blitz" aibatanidzwa mukuongororwa kwezvikepe zvengarava dze torpedo mukutanga kwema1880. Izvi zvaisanganisira kuedza kuratidza kuti zvikepe zvacho zvaigona kushanda zviri kure nemvura dziri pedyo nemhenderekedzo yegungwa uye kuedza zvombo. "Pfeil" pakutanga akabatira neuto rokudzidzisa kusvikira pakupera kwa 1889, paakaendeswa kuGerman East Africa kuti abatsire kudzvinyirira
Kumukira kwaAbushiri. Yakabatsira kuita kuti nyika yacho ivharwe uye yakaitawo basa rokurwisa mauto evapanduki, ichitumira varume kumhenderekedzo yegungwa uye ichibhomba mauto evavengi. Mumakore okuma1890, ngarava dzose dziri mbiri dzakashanda pamwe chete nechikepe, "Blitz" pamwe chete nezvikepe zve torpedo uye "Pfeil" sevasori vengarava huru. Munguva iyi, vaigara vachitora rutivi mukurovedza kwegore negore kwaisanganisira kurovedza zvikepe uye zvikwata zvechikepe uye zvaipedzisira zvava kudzidzira zvikepe gore negore kwaiitwa muna August naSeptember. Vaiwanzoperekedzawo nhengo dzemhuri youmambo, kusanganisira Kaiser Wilhelm II, uyo aifamba nengarava yake yainzi "Hohenzollern".