 Kwemakore akawanda eHondo Yenyika I, Erzherzog Friedrich yakaramba iri pachiteshi chayo chengarava chePula, muCroatia yemazuva ano, kunze kwekurwisana kanokwana kana. Muna 1914, akaumba chikamu cheAustro-Hungarian flotilla yakatumirwa kunodzivirira kupukunyuka kwezvikepe zveGermany SMS Goeben uye SMS Breslaukubva kuMediterranean yaitongwa neBritain; akafambira mberi kusvika kuBrindisi asati adzorerwa kuchiteshi chake chekumusha. Hondo yake bedzi yakaitika mukupera kwaMay 1915, apo akabatanidzwa mukuputika kweguta reItaly reAncona. Iyewo akatora chikamu mukudzvinyirira kupandukira kukuru pakati pevashandi vevashandi vevanoverengeka vakagadzirirwa zvombo zvemauto vakagadzirirwa muCattaro pakati pe 1 kusvika ku3 February 1918. Iye akaedzawo kuputsa Otranto Barrage muna June wegore iroro, asi aifanira kudzokera shure apo iyo dreadnought yakanyudzwa. Pashure pehondo, Erzherzog Friedrich akapiwa vaFrench somubayiro wehondo muna 1920. 