 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Basa raTegetthoff rakanga rakaganhurirwa, zvikurukuru nemhaka yezvinetso zvakakomba nemichina yake. Kwemakore gumi okutanga ebasa rake, akapiwa kuActive Squadron, uye vashandi vake vaigona chete kuchengeta injini dzayo dzichishanda zvakakwana mumakore 1883, 1887, uye 1888. Tegetthoff neuto reAustria-Hungary iro raisanganisira zvikepe zvehondo Custoza,,, uye uye zvikepe zve torpedo uye vakaenda kuBarcelona, Spain kunotora chikamu mumhemberero dzekuvhura kweBarcelona Universal Exposition. Iri raiva boka guru revaAustria-Hungary Navy rakanga raita basa kunze kweAdriatic. Muna June naJuly 1889, Tegetthoff akabatanidzwa muzvidzidzo zvekudzidzisa zvikepe, izvo zvaisanganisirawo ironclads Custoza, Kaiser Max, Prinz Eugen, uye Don Juan dAustria. 