Buuxi weedha soo socota: Sannadkii 1888 wuxuu raacay isla nidaamkii tababarka ee sanadihii hore, in kasta oo ay hadda la shaqaynaysay III Flotilla. Bishii Luulyo, waxay raacday maraakiibtii uu dhawaan dhaliyay Kaiser Wilhelm II booqasho rasmi ah oo uu ku tagay Tsar Alexander III ee Ruushka laga bilaabo 14 ilaa 31 Luulyo. Safarka waxaa sidoo kale ku jiray joogsiyada Sweden iyo Denmark. Intii lagu guda jiray howlgallada ciidamada badda ee bishii Agoosto iyo Sebtember, waxay hoggaamisay afar iyo toban doomood oo nooca loo yaqaan 'torpedo boats' oo ka tirsan III Flotilla oo qayb ka ah kooxdii difaacday Wilhelmshaven oo ka soo horjeeday koox dagaal oo la isku dayay; waxay hoggaamisay doomaha nooca loo yaqaan 'torpedo boats' ee weerarkii been abuurka ahaa ee ay ku qaadeen ciidamada badda. "Blitz" ayaa la joojiyay dhamaadkii bishii Sebtembar;
Kacdoonkii Abushiri ee Jarmalka ee Bariga Afrika ayaa ku dhiirrigeliyay ciidanka badda inay tixgeliyaan inay u diraan "Blitz" si ay ugu biiraan Ciidanka Bariga Afrika, laakiin soo jeedinta waa la diiday. Waxay ku sii jirtay biyaha Jarmalka sanadkii 1889, waxay waday tababarka tababarka ee doonyaha torpedo bishii Luulyo waxayna raacday Wilhelm II safar uu ku tagay Britain badhtamihii Sebtember. Waxay ka qeyb gashay bandhigga tuugada oo ay ku lug lahaayeen daadinta doonta duugga ah.