Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Ngarava dzacho dzakaenda parwendo rwechikepe kaviri imwe neimwe mukupera kwema1870 uye kutanga kwema1880, zvikurukuru kuEast Asia. Muna 1878, "Leipzig" yakabatanidzwa negakava rezvamatongerwe enyika neNicaragua. "Muchinda Adalbert" akashandiswa kuchengetedza umambo hweGermany hunokura hwokukoroni muAfrica. Pakati pemakore ekuma1880, "Leipzig" yakavakwazve zvikuru kuti ibvumire kushandiswa kwayo sechikwata chechikwata pazviteshi zvekune dzimwe nyika. Akashanda kunze kwenyika mune izvi kubva muna 1888 kusvika muna 1893; panguva iyi yakakura, akabatanidzwa mumushandirapamwe wokudzvinyirira
Kumukira kweAbushiri muGerman East Africa muna 1888<unk>1890. Zvadaro yakachinja-chinja pakati peEast Africa, China, neChile, kwayakadzivirira zvizvarwa zveGermany munguva yeChilean Civil War ya1891. Munguvayi, "Prinz Adalbert" akanga achinjwa kuva ngarava yokurovedza muna 1886, uye akashanda mubasa iroro kwamakore matatu, asati adzikiswa kuva ngarava yevarwi muna May 1890. Muna 1907, akatengeswa kuti aputswe; panguva iyoyo, "Leipzig" yakanga yaderedzwawo kuva ngarava yevarwi uye yakamira kudzidzisa hulk muna 1895, kunyange zvazvo akapona kusvikira muna 1919, paakanyura netsaona. Yakamutswa muna 1921, iyowo yakaparadzwa nokuda kwechitsama.