 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yokutanga, Wolverine akanga achiri muMediterranean, senhengo ye5th Destroyer Flotilla. Flotilla, kubatanidza Wolverine, yakabatanidzwa mukutsvakarengarava yehondo yeGermany. Wolverine akanga ari mumwe wavaparadzi vasere vakagoverwa naRear Admiral Ernest Troubridge kuti vabatsire boka rake revarwi vakagadzirirwa zvombo kuti vamise ngarava dzeGermany dzichipukunyuka kuenda kumvura dzeAustria. Apo zvakaonekwa kuti Goeben uye Breslau vakanga vasiri kuenda kuAustria, Troubridge akasiya vaparadzi ava kumashure sezvo vakanga vasina marasha akakwana akasara nokuda kwekutsvaga kwakakwirira, uye vakabva kumaodzanyemba usiku hwaAugust 67 1914 nemakwikwi ake mana akatakura zvombo. Akarega kutevera kwake gare gare usiku ihwohwo nemhaka yokuti aisagona kudzivisa boka rechiuto reGermany kutozosvikira kwaedza, apo kukurumidza kukuru kweGoeben nezvombo zvaizopa vaGermany betsero inokosha. Pana 1 November 1914 iye nomuparadzi vakanyudza chikepe cheTurkey chakashongedzerwa nezvombo, chinotendwa kuti chaibatanidzwa mumabasa ekuchera, muGulf of Smyrna. 