 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yekutanga uye kudzingirira kusingabudirire kwezvikepe zveGerman Goeben uye BreslauMuna August 1914, ngarava dzepasi pemvura dzeB-class dzakatamisirwa kunharaunda yeDardanelles pakati paSeptember kudzivirira chero kuedza kupukunyuka kwezvikepe zveGermany. Pashure pokuuya kwezvikepe zvepasi pevhu zveE-class zvikuru uye zvemazuva ano zvikuru pakuvamba kwa1915, zvikepe zveB-class zvakatanga kudzokera kuMalta. Pashure pokunge Umambo hweItaly hwabatana neAllies muna May 1915, ngarava dzepasi pegungwa dzeB-class muMediterranean dzakatamisirwa kuVenice kunosimbisa mauto eItaly kuchamhembe kweAdriatic. B7, B8 uye ndivo vakatanga kusvika muVenice musi wa11 October. Ngarava dzepasi pemvura shanu dzeBritain dzakaita nzendo dzinokwana 13 dziri pedyo nemhenderekedzo yegungwa yeAustria neHungary gore ra1915 risati rapera, dzichikanganiswa nemamiriro okunze akaipa uye zvimbambaira zvaiva mumvura. 