Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan an ba su izini a cikin rundunar jiragen ruwa na Jamus, dukkanin jiragen ruwa guda hudu sun yi aiki a cikin Division II na I Battle Squadron. Biyu daga cikin jiragen ruwa, "Nassau" da "Posen", sun shiga cikin yakin Gulf of Riga a 1915, lokacin da suka yi amfani da Rasha pre-dreadnought "Slava". Jirgin ruwa guda hudu na "Nassau" sun shiga cikin yakin Jutland a ranar 31 ga Mayu da 1 ga Yuni 1916; sun sha wahala kawai wasu 'yan bindigogi na biyu da kuma raunuka. A farkon 1918 "Rheinland" da "Westfalen" an tura su zuwa Finland don tallafa wa White Finns a yakin basasa
, amma "Rheinland" ya sauka a tsibirin Åland a watan Afrilu kuma ya lalace sosai. A ƙarshen Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya, sojojin Allied da suka ci yaƙin sun kwace jiragen ruwa huɗu ɗin kuma suka sayar da su don a rushe su.