Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Blitz" uye "Pfeil" vakashanda zvakanyanya mumabasa akasiyana-siyana; "Blitz" akapedza nguva yakawanda yebasa rake semutungamiri wezvikepe zvezvikepe zve torpedo, apo "Pfeil" akashanda neuto rekudzidzisa uye huru huru. "Museve" wakatumirwa kuGermany East Africa muna 1889 kunodzvinyirira kumukira kwaAbushiri
, achidzokera kuGermany muna 1890. Mumakore ose okuma1890, ngarava dzacho dzakashanda pamwe chete nezvikepe, dzichiita maekisesaizi egore negore uye kudzidzira kufamba nengarava. Vakashanda mune mamwe mabasa akasiyana-siyana muma1890s uye 1900s, kusanganisira sevatengesi, zvikepe zvekudzivirira hove, uye zvikepe zvekudzidzisa. Vakashanda sevatendi vakatsaurirwa kumauto ehondo yeHigh Seas Fleet pakati pe1900s, vachizadza iro basa kuburikidza nekutanga kweHondo Yenyika I. "Blitz" akatora rutivi muOperation Albion muBaltic Sea mukupera kwa1917 uye "Pfeil" yakashandiswa gare gare sechikepe chokurovedza chevashandi veU-boat. Ngarava dzacho dzakaraswa mukutanga kwema1920 uye dzakaputswa kuti dzive zvimedu.