Basa rakatanga musi wa2 Mbudzi 1908 nekuisa keel yake, uye ngarava yakatangwa gore rakatevera musi wa27 Mbudzi 1909. Akabhabhatidzwa naDuchess Adelheid von Sachsen-Altenburg, uye Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst akapa hurukuro. Kugadziriswa, kusanganisira kupedzwa kwepamusoro uye kuiswa kwezvombo, kwakapera kusvika munaJune 1911. Mushure mekupedzwa kwake, matanhatu mabhureki akabatanidzwa kune itsva cruise ship yekuderedza kutora kwake kuti abvumirwe kuendeswa kuWestern Thürer River kuNorth Fleet. Pakupedzisira, muna Gumiguru 1914, chibvumirano chechikepe chakapihwa kuna AG Weser dockyard muBremen pasi pehuwandu hwekuvaka 166. Basa rakatanga musi wa2 Nyamavhuvhu 1908, uye ngarava yakatangwa gore rakatevera musi wa27 Mbudzi 1909.
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