 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Melampus haina kunyorwa sechikamu chechimwe chikwata chegore rose ra1915 mushure mokugadzwa. Muna January 1916, Melampus yakanyorwa sechikamu che10th Destroyer Flotilla yeHarwich Force, asi muna March wegore iroro yakasungirirwa ku8th Submarine Flotilla, zvakare chikamu cheHarwich Force. Musi waApril 24, 1916, vaGermany vakatanga basa guru muNorth Sea, apo zvikepe zvehondo zveI Scouting Group zvaizorwisa mataundi emumahombekombe eLowestoft neYarmouth, kuitira kuti zviite kuti vapindure neHarwich simba kana zvikepe zvehondo zveBritain zvakavakirwa paRosyth, izvo zvaizotarisirwa nezvikepe zvehondo zveGerman uye zvikepe zvehondo zvinotsigira zveHigh Seas Fleet. Masikati aApril 24, hondo yehondo yakarova mine, uye pakucherechedza nekunzwisisa zviratidzo zvepawairesi zveGermany zvinoreva kumigodhi, British Admiralty yakaraira zvikepe zvitanhatu zvepasi pemvura zvinoperekedzwa ne Melampus kuti zvibate mauto eGermany. Gare gare usiku ihwohwo, vanoparadza uye ngarava dzehondo dzeHarwich Force dzakarayirwa kuti dzibude, kuti dziwane uto reGermany, uye kuti dzikurudzire vaGermany kudzingirira uto reBritain munzira yemabhoti eBritain anobuda pasi pemvura akanga akamirira. Pashure pokunge vaGermany varwisa Lowestoft neYarmouth, Melampus yakagamuchira mirairo kuma submarines ake kuti aende mumutsara wokufambisa kuti ave neshanduko yakanakisisa yekudzivisa ngarava dzeGermany parwendo rwavo rwekudzoka. Melampus yakaona ngarava dzeGermany apo yakanga ichiendesa mirairo mitsva kumaU-boats ayo, uye pashure pokupedza kupfuudza mirairo yacho, yakabva pamagwa eGermany nokukurumidza zvikuru. Hapana imwe yengarava dzepasi pemvura dzeBritain yakakwanisa kusvika pedyo zvakakwana nengarava dzeGermany kuti dzibatane nevaGermany. Imwe yengarava dzepasi pemvura dzeBritain,, yakaputitswa uye yakanyudzwa nengarava dzepasi pemvura dzeGermany. 