 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Gomo rePrinz Eugen rakaiswa paStabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipyard muna October 1861. Yakasimudzwa musi wa14 Chikumi 1862, uye mushure mekugadziriswa kwebasa kwakapedzwa munaKurume 1863, yakatumirwa muuto reAustria. Nemhaka yokuzaruka kwayo, yaitora mvura yakawandisa uye somugumisiro, yaida kubata zvisina kunaka. Munguva yeHondo yechipiri yeSchleswig muna 1864, Prinz Eugen nevaviri vacho vakaramba vari muAdriatic kudzivirira mahombekombe eAustria apo boka revarwi rakatumirwa kuNorth Sea kunorwisa Denmark. Muna June 1866, Italy yakazivisa hondo kuAustria, sechikamu cheHondo yechitatu yeItaly yeRusununguko, iyo yakarwiwa panguva imwe chete neHondo yeAustro-Prussian. Rear Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff akaunza ngarava dzeAustria kuAncona musi wa 27 Chikumi, mukuyedza kukwevera maItaly kunze, asi mutungamiri weItaly, Admiral Carlo Pellion di Persano, akaramba kurwisa Tegetthoff. 