 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Königsberg ipapo yakadzokera muRwizi rweRufiji kuti igadzirise injini dzayo. Vasati vapedza kugadziridza, ngarava dzeBritain dzakawana Königsberg; Navy List yaApril 1915 inonyora kumabvazuva kweAfrica pasi peChikamu XI, Dzimwe Nzvimbo Dzokunze, peji 22 1363, ngarava dzechiedza Hyacinth,, uye. Vasingakwanisi kupinda murwizi kuti vaparadze Konigsberg, ngarava dzeRoyal Navy dzakaisa mhinganidzo. Ndege dzakatumirwa kuti dzibatane nebasa racho uye Squadron Commander Robert Gordon akagadzwa muna January 1915 semutungamiri weRoyal Naval Air Service muEast Africa. Pashure pokuedza kunyudza ngarava yacho kanoverengeka mukati meHondo yeRufiji Delta, vaBritain vakatumira vatariri vaviri, uye, kuti vaparadze ngarava yeGermany. Musi wa 11 July 1915, ma monitors maviri aya akasvika pedyo zvokuti akakuvadza zvikuru Königsberg, achimanikidza vashandi vayo kunyudza ngarava yacho. 