Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokunge vapinda muzvikepe zveGermany, ngarava dzose ina dzakashanda muDhivhisi II yeI Battle Squadron. Ngarava mbiri, "Nassau" uye "Posen", dzakatora rutivi muHondo yeGulf yeRiga muna 1915, panguva iyo vakapinda muRussia pre-dreadnought "Slava". Ngarava ina dze "Nassau" dzakatora chikamu muHondo yeJutland musi wa 31 Chivabvu na 1 Chikumi 1916; ivo vakangotambura chete mashoma echipiri mabhatiri uye vashoma vakakuvara. Mukutanga kwa1918 "Rheinland" ne"Westfalen" zvakatumirwa kuFinland kunotsigira maWhite Finns mukurwisa kwavo
hondo yevagari vemo, asi "Rheinland" yakamhara pamhenderekedzo yeÅland Islands muna April uye yakakuvadzwa zvakakomba. Pakupera kweHondo Yenyika I, ngarava ina dzacho dzakatorwa sezvipo zvehondo nemasimba akabatana akakunda uye dzakatengeswa kuti dziparadzwe.