 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Elba akapedza yakawanda yebasa rake kunze kwenyika. Akabatanidzwa muchirambidzo cheVenezuela panguva yeVenezuela dambudziko ra1902-1903uye akanga aripo muEast Asia munguva yeRusso-Japanese War muna 19041905. Muna February 1904, vashandi vayo vakapupurira Hondo yeChemulpo Bay pakati pezvikepe zvehondo zveJapan neRussia; pashure pokunge hondo yapera mukukundwa kweRussia, Elba uye maBritish neFrench cruisers vakatora vapukunyuki. Akatora rutivi muItalo-Turkish War muna 19111912 asi haana kuona chiito, achishandiswa zvikurukuru kuvhara zviteshi zveTurkey muGungwa Dzvuku. Muna 1914, Elba yakashandurwa ikava yekutanga seaplane tender ye Regia Marina, nemidziyo yekubata matatu seaplanes. Uyu mubato hauna kugara kwenguva refu, zvisinei, sezvo akanga ari muduku zvikuru uye akwegura zvikuru. Yakadzingwa basa muna 1916, ngarava yehondo yekare yakatengeswa kuti ishandiswe muna January 1920 uye yakaparadzwa. 