 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nürnberg yakashanda neboka rengarava kwenguva pfupi, isati yaendeswa mhiri kwemakungwa muna 1910. Akagoverwa kuEast Asia Squadron. Pakatanga Hondo Yenyika I muna August 1914, yakanga ichidzokera kuchiteshi chengarava cheGermany paTsingtao ichibva kumvura dzeMexico. Akasangana navamwe vose veSquadron, vaitungamirirwa naVice Admiral Maximilian von Spee, avo vakapfuura nePacific Ocean ndokusangana neBritish squadron yaitungamirirwa naRear Admiral Christopher Cradock. Muhondo yakazotevera yeCoronelMusi wa 1 Mbudzi, chikwata cheBritain chakakundwa; Nürnberg yakapedza ngarava yeBritain. Mwedzi mumwe gare gare, vaGermany vakaedza kupamba hwaro hweBritain muFalkland Islands; boka revaBritain rine simba raisanganisira ngarava mbiri dzehondo raiva pachiteshi chengarava, raitungamirirwa naVice Admiral Doveton Sturdee. Ngarava dzaSturdee dzakaparadza mana emidziyo yeGermany mishanu; dzakanyudza Nürnberg, nokurasikirwa kukuru noupenyu. 