Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kunyange zvazvo "Kaiserin Elisabeth" akapisa marasha akawanda, muna 1914 akanga achiri kukwanisa kufamba nokukurumidza zvikuru uye akanga ari muChina. Pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika I, "Kaiserin Elisabeth" akatora rutivi mukudzivirirwa kwekoloni yeGermany yeTsingtao, iyo yakanga yakombwa
neJapan musi wa25 Nyamavhuvhu 1914; Japan yakanga yazivisa hondo kuGermany musi wa23 Nyamavhuvhu uye kuvapo kwa"Kaiserin Elisabeth" kwakatungamirira kuJapan kuzivisa hondo kuAustria-Hungary musi wa25 Nyamavhuvhu. PaTsingtao na"Kaiserin Elisabeth" pakanga pane ngarava dzehondo dzakareruka dzeGermany Imperial Navy, zvikepe zvehondo, uye, uye chikepe che torpedo. (German Asiatic Squadron, yaiwanzova yakavakirwa paTsingtau, yakanga yaita nhambo yokudzokera kumusha ichipfuura Pacific.) Vashandi vomungarava vakakamurwa kuva mapoka maviri; rimwe boka rakaramba richibata ngarava, nepo rimwe racho rakatsigira varwi veGermany.