 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Vineta yakabva kuti inoshanyira mhenderekedzo yokumabvazuva kweSouth America, ichimira pazviteshi zvezvikepe zvinoverengeka zveBrazil isati yasvika Rio de Janeiro panosvika October. Ari ikoko musi wa5, Vineta akagamuchira mirairo yokuyambuka Atlantic kuenda kuGerman South West Africa, iyo panguva iyoyo yakanga yapinzwa mukupandukira kweHereromukurwisana nokutonga kweGermany. Mamiriro ezvinhu mudunhu iri akanga akaoma, sezvo nyika yakavakidzana yePortugal yeAngola yakanga ichiendesa zvombo kune vapanduki veHerero, uye panguva imwecheteyo, Second Pacific Squadron yeRussia yakanga yamira kuLüderitz Bay muGerman South West Africa, munzira yekuparadzwa kwayo kwekupedzisira muHondo yeTsushima yeRusso-Japanese War. Vineta haana kubatanidzwa zvakananga mune chero chiito mukoloni, panzvimbo pezvo aingobatsira chikepe chemhepo mukuburitsa varwi, mabhiza, uye zvinopihwa, izvo zvaive zvasvika husiku hwaNovember 19-20. Paakanga ari munharaunda yacho, Vineta akateverwa nechikepe cheBritain uye chikepe chechiPutukezi. Vineta yakaenda kuchamhembe kuDuala muCameroon yaitongwa neGermany muna January 1905, kwayakagamuchira mirayiridzo yokudzokera kumusha. Yakasvika paWilhelmshaven musi wa14 Kurume, uye East American Cruiser Division yakaparadzwa zuva rakatevera. 