 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - yaive ngarava inotungamira yekirasi yake yemakwikwi maviri akachengetedzwa akavakirwa Imperial Japanese Navy IJN muma1880. Sezvo Japan yakanga isina simba rokuvaka ngarava dzakadaro, ngarava yacho yakagadzirwa uye yakavakwa muUnited Kingdom. Akabatanidzwa muHondo Yokutanga yeChina neJapan ya1894-1895, achitamba basa guru muHondo yeRwizi rweYalu uye mabasa mashoma muHondo yePort Arthur, Weihaiwei., Mushandirapamwe wePescadores uye kupinda muTaiwan. Naniwa akaita basa duku muRusso-Japanese War 19041905 apo iye muchirongwa Hondo Chemulpo Bay, kwenguva pfupi akabatsira kuvhara Port Arthur pakutanga hondo, akabatsira kunyudza Russian nezvombo cruiser panguva Hondo kure Ulsan uye muchirongwa okunze kukundwa Imperial Russian Navy muHondo Tsushima. 