Bussard-class cruiser was present in the Caribbean during the Spanish–American War in 1898, though she took no active role in the conflict. Between 1898 and 1900, "Bussard" and "Seeadler" were modernized in Germany. In 1900, "Seeadler" participated in the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion in China, including a blockade of the Chinese coast. In December 1902, "Falke" and the protected cruiser joined British forces in the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–03 after Venezuelan forces seized a British merchant ship. The two cruisers helped British warships bombard Venezuelan coastal fortifications and blockade the coast. "Cormoran" and "Geier" were modernized between 1907 and 1909; only
Chilean cruiser Chacabuco (1898) Chilean cruiser Chacabuco (1898) The Chilean cruiser "Chacabuco" was a protected cruiser of the Chilean Navy. Built at the end of the 19th Century, the "Chacabuco" had a remarkably long and varied career spanning nearly half a century. The "Chacabuco" was built as a private venture by Armstrong Whitworth to a typical Elswick cruiser design, and was launched on 4 July 1898, under the provisional name of "Fourth of July"; she was acquired by Chile in 1902, just before the end of the Argentine–Chilean naval arms race. The Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser "Takasago" was the sister ship of the "Chacabuco".