Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: The aiva kirasi yezvikepe zvisere zveRoyal Navy. Dzakanga dzakarongwa kubva muna 1883 zvichienda mberi naAdmiral Sir Astley Cooper Key kuti atsive zvikepe zvaivepo semidziyo yekushanda neBritish Fleet uyewo yekudzivirira kutengeserana; huwandu hwezvikepe makumi maviri zvakadaro hwakarongwa naye, asi masere chete akavakwa. Ngarava nhanhatu dzakarayirwa pasi pePurogiramu ya1884 uye dzakavakwa naJ & G Thomson paClydebank muGlasgow. Dzimwe ngarava mbiri dzakarayirwa pasi peChirongwa che 1885, uye idzi dzakavakwa paDevonport Dockyard nezvikepe zvose zvakapedzwa pakati pe1887 ne1888. Ngarava idzi dzainyanya kushanda mumapoka emamwe marudzi eBritish Empire dzichienda kunzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana dziri kuchamhembe kweAtlantic, Pacific, uye Indian oceans. Mumakore ose avaiita mabasa avo, vaibatanidzwa munhamo dzakawanda dzomunharaunda kusanganisira yeGermany.
Hondo yeAnglo-Zanzibar, Hondo Yokutanga yeChina neJapan, uye Kupandukira kwevaBhokisi.