 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - pakutanga yakashanda muMediterranean isati yabatana nehanzvadzi dzayo paChina Station, kunyange zvazvo Anglo-Japanese Alliance yakabvumira kubviswa kwavo muna 1905, sezvakaitwa neCenturion. Pavakadzokera kumvura dzomumba, vakagoverwa kuChannel, Home, uye Atlantic Fleets. Canopus,,, uye vakatumirwa kuMediterranean Fleet muna 19081910, mushure mekudzikiswa kune chinzvimbo chekuchengetedza. Pakutanga kwehondo, ngarava dzacho dzakaunganidzwa uye dzakaona basa rakakura munzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana dzechipiri. Zera ravo rakavaita kuti vashandiswe zvikuru kupfuura zvikepe zvehondo zvitsva zveGreat Fleet, uye saka vakashandiswa zvakanyanya kupfuura zvikepe zvine German High Seas Fleet muNorth Sea. Canopus yakatumirwa kunobatanidza kuvhima kweGermany East Asia Squadron; akarasikirwa neHondo yeCoronel asi akapfura pfuti dzokutanga muHondo yeFalkland Islands. Goriyati akanga ari rutivi rwesimba rakarwa neGermany light cruiser muGermany East Africa, apo,, uye Ocean vakatsigira mabasa kune imwe nzvimbo muAfrica. Ngarava dzakawanda dzakatora rutivi muDardanelles mushandirapamwe muna 1915, apo Ocean uye Goliath vakanyura mukati mekurwa. Ngarava dzakapukunyuka dzakaona basa shoma pashure pa 1915, kunyange zvazvo Rumbidzo yakanga iri ngarava huru yeBritish North Russia Squadron muna 1916. Ngarava ina pakupedzisira dzakaparadzwa mukuderedzwa kwepashure pehondo muhondo yezvikepe muna 1919-1922. 