<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakutanga kwa1881, Bismarck yakaenda kuKaiserliche Werft Imperial Shipyard muWilhelmshaven nokuda kwokuvandudzwa kukuru kwegadziriro yayo yokufambisa. Yakanga iri panguva iyi iyo mapaipi ake e torpedo akaiswa; iyewo akanga ane pfuti dzake dzepakutanga dze 15 cm dzakashandurwa nezvombo zvemazuva ano zvinokurumidza kupfura zve caliber imwe chete. Akapfuura nemumwe mutsetse wekuedzwa kwegungwa kubva musi wa 2 kusvika 13 Nyamavhuvhu 1883, kunyangwe kubva muna Chikumi 1882 akange atsanangurwa sechikamu cheI Reserve.  <response>: Hondo yeEngland neEgypt. Pakazosvika pakati pemakore okuma1880, masimba eEurope akanga atanga kumhanyira kuAfrica, uye makambani eGermany, kusanganisira Jantzen Thormählen neWoermann-Linie, akatanga kumanikidza hurumende yeGermany kuti iwanewo makoloni. Kuti izvi zviitike, makambani aya akaedza kukurudzira vatongi vemunharaunda muWest Africa kuti varwise vatengesi vokuGermany vaiva munharaunda yacho vachiedza kumanikidza hurumende kuti iise nzvimbo yacho pasi pokutonga kweGermany. Somugumisiro wezvakaitika izvi, Bismarck, pasinei nokusafarira kwake kwenguva refu nyika dzokumwe, akasarudza kutumira boka revarwi kuBight of Biafra kuti adzivirire fariro dzeGermany. 