 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kisi ye Aspern yakaiswa paPola Arsenal musi wa4 Gumiguru 1897 pasi pezita rechibvumirano Kreuzer B , yakatumidzwawo kuti Ersatz chinotsiva chevakuru sloop-of-war. Chikepe chake chakanga chapera chakaburitswa musi wa 3 Chivabvu 1899 uye kugadziriswa kwakapedzwa musi wa 29 Chivabvu 1900, paakapihwa basa muzvikepe pamutengo wemamiriyoni 4.5 emadhora. Yakapiwa zita nokuda kweHondo yeAspern-Esslingra1809. Pashure pokupinda mubasa, Aspern akabatana neSummer Squadron nokuda kwemitambo yayo yegore negore yokurovedza, iyo yakagara kusvikira 21 July. Munguva iyi, iye akashanda sezvo mureza III Division, achitungamirira flotilla pamusoro torpedo zvikepe. Akanga aripo pakushanya kwechikwata cheBritish kuTrieste muna Chikunguru. Ngarava dze III Division dzakanga dziripo pakutangwa kwe pre-dreadnought muTrieste. 