Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mauto ehondo eGermany, achitanga nePrussian Navy muma1840, akawana nhevedzano yeavisos yekushandiswa mumabasa akasiyana-siyana, kusanganisira sevasori, zvikepe zvechikepe zvechikepe, uye zvikepe zvinotumira. Ngarava yokutanga yakadaro,, yaiva packet steamer yakatorwa nokuda kwebasa munguva yeHondo Yokutanga yeSchleswig muna 1848, kunyange zvazvo akadzokera kubasa revanhu mushure mehondo. Muna 1850, vaPrussian vakarayira ngarava duku mbiri dzokuBritain; kufanana ne"Preussicher Adler", idzi dzose dzaiva ngarava dzokufambisa. Vhudzi rokutanga raifambiswa nescrew rakatevera muna 1856: rakavakwa navaFrench. Chimwe chikepe chinotyaira,, chakateyiwa muna 1858, chikepe chokutanga chorudzi rwacho chakavakwa munhandare yokuvakisa ngarava yeGermany. Zvizhinji zvezvikepe izvi zvaishandiswa semagwa emhuri youmambo uye gare gare youmambo. Munguva yeHondo yechipiri yeSchleswig, "Loreley" uye "Preussischer Adler" vakaona chiito paHondo dzeJasmind
uye Heligoland, zvichiteerana.