 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1915, kwakasarudzwa kuti HMS Thistle ishandiswezve ndokutamisirwa kuEast Africa. Chinangwa chokutanga chaiva chokutumira iye muRufiji Delta kuti arwe neGermany cruiser SMS Königsberg, asi Admiralty yakashandura zvirongwa zvayo nekutumirawo vatariri HMS Mersey uye HMS Severn kuburikidza neSuez Canal, uye vakazoparadza KönigsbergThistle isati yatombotanga kufamba. 