 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kurwiswa kwechikepe chakakomberedzwa nezvombo neigwa reGermany kwakavharira zvinobudirira ngarava dzose dziri mbiri dzeAndrei Pervozvanny-class kuti dzibatikane kwehondo yose yasara. Ngarava dzose dzehondo dzakarayirwa kudzokera kunzvimbo dzakachengeteka dzeFinland ndokugara ikoko kutozosvikira Navy yagona kubata netyisidziro yegungwa repasi pegungwa. Slava uye Tsesarevich vakadzokera kunorwa muHondo yeGulf of Rigamuna 1915, asi Imperator Pavel I akaramba akanamira muHelsingfors. Andrei Pervozvanny akaendeswa kunoshanda kaviri, muna April naNovember 1916. Basa rokutanga, kurwisa ngarava dzeGermany pedyo nemhenderekedzo yeSweden, rakanga riri kubudirira kwakati; rechipiri rakaguma nokudzokera shure kunonyadzisa pashure pokunge Rurik yarova chimbambaira chakanga chaiswa nechikepe cheGermany chepasi pegungwa UC 27. Muna October 1916 vashandi veImperator Pavel I, vakaodzwa mwoyo nokufinhwa uye mashoko anoparadzirwa nevaBolshevik, vakaramba kuteerera mirayiro uye vakakumbira migove iri nani uye kurerutswa kwebasa. Mauto eNavy akasarudza kunyaradza vafambisi vengarava, uye vatungamiriri vacho havana kurangwa. Pakupera kwa1916, ngarava dzacho dzakaiswa zvombo zvina zvinorwisa ndege zveLender. 