SMS Gneisenau (1879)
The crew attempted to drop the starboard anchor, but it did not catch in the stony ground. "Gneisenau" was driven into the mole repeatedly, striking it with her stern twice before being turned and pushed bow-first on the starboard side, forcing her aground. A merchant ship attempted to come to the crew's aid, but they were unable to connect a line between the two ships before "Gneisenau" began to list 35 degrees. A boat from shore also attempted to rescue the crew, but it too was forced ashore in the heavy seas. Wave action quickly smashed "Gneisenau"s hull against the mole, and part of her crew attempted to find safety by climbing the rigging. The ship rolled over onto her side, and the surviving crewmen reached shore with a line. Forty-one men were killed in the accident, including Kretschmann and the ship's first officer. "Charlotte" and the British ironclad were sent to aid the wounded. Those killed in the sinking were buried in Málaga's cemetery, and the survivors returned to Germany aboard the HAPAG steamship on 2 January 1901.
SMS Olga
There, she joined the gunboats "Eber" and . After German-run plantations at Vailele were attacked by forces commanded by Tupua Tamasese Titimaea, a rival to Laupepa, "Olga" and the gunboats sent landing parties ashore to defend the plantations. Four days later, they were attacked by Tamasese's forces; in the ensuing First Battle of Vailele, two officers and thirteen men from "Olga" were killed. The three ships remained in the area until the night of 15–16 March 1889, when a major cyclone struck the island. "Olga"s captain ran the ship aground to prevent her from being sunk, but "Eber" and "Adler" were destroyed in the storm. On 29 March, the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer , with the help of Samoans, pulled "Olga" from the beach. Since "Olga" had lost all of her anchors, "Lübeck" escorted her to Sydney with the survivors from "Eber" and "Adler" aboard. Repair work lasted for two months, and on 20 June, she left for Germany. While on the way, she was accidentally rammed and lightly damaged by a British steamship in the Suez Canal. "Olga" reached Kiel on 9 September and proceeded on to the "Kaiserliche Werft" (Imperial Shipyard) in Danzig for further repairs.