 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Pakarepo pashure pokunge raiswa mubasa, Prinzregent Luitpold rakabatanidzwa mumitambo yegore negore yomunhambo, iyo yakatevera rwendo rwokufamba nechikepe rwokuNorway. Kurovedza kwacho kwakatangira musi wa31 August kusvika musi wa9 September. Kudzidzira kwechikwata uye kudzidziswa kwechikepe chimwe nechimwe kwakaitwa muna October naNovember. Pakuvamba muna 1914, Prinzregent Luitpold akabatanidzwa muchikepe chokuwedzera nokudzidziswa kwechikwata. Kufambisa kwegore negore kwechirimo kwakaitwa muNorth Sea pakupera kwaMarch. Mimwe miitiro yezvikepe yakatevera muna April naMay muBaltic neNorth Seas. Ngarava yacho yakaenda kuKiel Week gore iroro. Pasinei zvapo nokunyanyisa kunetsa kwenyika dzakawanda pashure pokuurayiwa kwachoyeArchduke Franz Ferdinand musi wa 28 June, High Seas Fleet yakatanga rwendo rwayo rwezhizha kuenda kuNorway musi wa 13 July. Munguva yokupedzisira yorugare rwendo rwehondo yeHurumende yeHurumende yeHurumende. Zuva rakatevera racho ngarava dzakatanga kudzokera kuGermany, somugumisiro weAustria-Hungarys ultimatum kuSerbia. Musi wa27, ngarava dzose dzakaungana paCape Skadenes dzisati dzadzokera kuchiteshi chengarava, kwavakaramba vakagadzirira zvikuru. Hondo pakati peAustria-Hungary neSerbia yakatanga zuva rakatevera racho, uye mukati mevhiki masimba makuru ose eEurope akanga abatana mukurwisana kwacho. 