Goeben ati Moltke wà significantly tobi ati ki o dara ju irin-gun ju awọn ti o jọra British Indefatigable kilasi. Ọpọlọpọ osu lẹhin ti rẹ commissioning ni 1912, Goeben, pẹlu awọn ina cruiser Breslau, da awọn German Mediterranean Division ati patrol nibẹ nigba ti awọn Balkan Ogun. Lẹhin ti jade ti Ogun Agbaye akọkọ on July 28, 1914, Goeben ati Breslau bombarded French ipo ni Black North Africa ati ki o si evaded British okun ni Mẹditarenia ati ki o de Constantinople.
ti o tobi ju, pẹlu idaabobo ideri ti o pọ si ati awọn ibọn pataki meji diẹ sii ni turret afikun kan