 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakatanga hondo muna August 1914, Augsburg yakaendeswa kuBaltic, nepo Kolberg, Mainz, uye Cöln dzakaramba dziri kuNorth Sea. Ngarava nhatu dzacho dzakanzi dzifambe dzichiona nzvimbo dzakapoteredza Heligoland Bight; musi wa28 August 1914, dzakarwiswa muhondo yeHeligoland Bight. Mainz neCöln zvose zvakaparadzwa muhondo yacho. Kolberg akaona chiito paHondo yeDogger Bank muna Ndira 1915, uye akabatana ne Augsburg yeHondo yeGulf yeRiga muna Nyamavhuvhu 1915. Zvose zviri zviviri zvikepe zvakaona basa munguva yeOperation Albion muna October 1917. Zvose zviri zviviri zvakapukunyuka hondo; Kolberg yakapiwa kuFrance, uko yakatumidzwa zita rokuti Colmar uye yakashanda muFrench Navy kusvikira muna 1927. Augsburg yakakumikidzwa kuJapan uye ipapo yakatengeswa nokuda kwezvitsva. 