 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwehondo muna July 1914, ML yakanga ine ngarava gumi neshanu. Zvizhinji zvengarava zvakaramba zvichishanda mabasa kumahombekombe kumabvazuva kweCanada uye kuUSA kusanganisira Baltimore, vachidzoka nehondo nezvimwe zvinopihwa. Muna August 1914, Manchester Miller 1903 uye Manchester Civilian 1913 dzakatorwa kuti dzive ngarava dzinotakura zvinhu uye dzakatumirwa nemarasha kuFalkland Islands kunotakura mafuta engarava dzehondo HMS Inflexible uye HMS Invincible. Sezvo Civil yakanga ichizadza ngarava dzehondo, ngarava dzehondo dzeGermany dzakaswedera pedyo uye ngarava dzehondo dzeBritain dzakabva dzatanga kurwisana nadzo. Muhondoiyo yakatevera ngarava dzehondo dzaAdmiral Von Spee, Scharnhorst uye Gneisenau, pamwe chete nengarava dzokufambisa dzakanyudzwa. Civil gare gare yakagadzirirwa nemidziyo yokutsvaira zvimbambaira. Yakadzoka muna 1916 ichitakura zvinhu nemidziyo kubva kuCanada kuenda kumasoja muFrance. 