Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1888,
Kumukira kwaAbushiri, kumukira kukuru kwokupesana nokutonga kweGermany muGermany East Africa, kwakakurudzira uto rehondo kutumira vashandi vokuwedzera kukoloni. "Pfeil" yakadzorerwa munaNovember 12 kuti ibatanidze cruiser isina kudzivirirwa, iyo yaifanira kuendeswa ikoko. Ari munzira, "Pfeil" akakuvadzwa nedutu muNorth Sea uye aifanira kumira muPlymouth nokuda kwekugadziriswa kwakakonzera kunonoka kusvika kwake kusvikira 4 January 1889. Paakasvika munharaunda, akabatana neEast Africa Squadron, pasi pekutungamirirwa kwe "Konteradmiral" Karl August Deinhard, uyo akabhururuka mureza wake mu screw corvette. Deinhard pakutanga akarayira "Pfeil" kutora mabasa ekuvhara mhenderekedzo yegungwa kubva kuBagamoyo kuenda kuMafia Island. Musi wa1 Kurume, akatumira "Pfeil" kunorinda Zanzibar; panguva yaaive pabasa rekuvhara, akaongorora ngarava dzevatengesi 411, dzakawanda kupfuura chero ngarava dzehondo muchikamu. "Leipzig", "Pfeil", uye "Schwalbe" vakapfura Saadani musi wa6 Chikumi uye vakatumira varume kumhenderekedzo kunorwisa vapanduki ikoko. "Pfeil" yakanga iri yekutanga-simbi-yakagadzirwa, isina kugadziriswa ngarava yehondo yakambotumirwa neGermany kumakoroni ayo eAfrica, kunyange zvazvo simbi yake yesimbi yakamuita kuti asave akakodzera kushandiswa kwenguva refu kunzvimbo dzinopisa, uye akaburitswa musi wa 29 September kuti adzokere kumusha.