Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Afọ 1888 gbasoro otu usoro ọzụzụ ahụ n'afọ ndị gara aga, ọ bụ ezie na ugbu a ọ na-arụ ọrụ na III Flotilla. N'ọnwa Julaị, o so ụgbọ mmiri nke Kaiser Wilhelm nke Abụọ ka ọ na-eleta Tsar Alexander nke Atọ nke Russia site na 14 ruo 31 Julaị. Njem ahụ gụnyekwara nkwụsị na Sweden na Denmark. N'oge August-September ụgbọ mmiri maneuvers, ọ na-eduzi iri na anọ torpedo ụgbọ mmiri nke III Flotilla dị ka akụkụ nke a skwodron ịgbachitere Wilhelmshaven si a simulated iro skwodron; ọ na-eduzi torpedo ụgbọ mmiri na a mock agha na ụgbọ mmiri. "Blitz" e decommissioned ke mbubreyo September; ntiwapụ nke
Nnupụisi nke Abushiri na German East Africa kpaliri ndị agha mmiri ịtụle iziga "Blitz" ka ọ sonye na East Africa Squadron, mana a gbahapụrụ atụmatụ ahụ. Ọ nọgidere na mmiri German na 1889, na-eduzi ọzụzụ ọzụzụ na ụgbọ mmiri torpedo na July ma na-eso Wilhelm II na njem na Britain na etiti Septemba. Ọ nọ ebe ahụ maka ngosipụta torpedo nke gụnyere imebi ụgbọ mmiri ochie.