 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Matatu 160 hp folders akatumirwa kuDurban muna Kurume 1915 kutora chikamu mukuita kurwisa ngarava yeGerman Königsberg, yakavharirwa muRuji DeltamuGerman East Africa. The Shorts vakarwa inopisa uye nyorovera ezvinhu East Africa, vasingakwanisi kutakura chero bombload, asi akashandiswa kuita kuongorora pamusoro Königsberg vasati kutsiviwa muna June kuti gore kubudikidza Caudron G.III uye vaviri Farman F.27s. 