Gefion in the Boxer Rebellion and at the Taku Forts

As unrest spread around Germany's new Shandong position, Gefion operated with other foreign navies under Vice Admiral Edward Seymour. The multinational ships bombarded coastal defenses and sent forces ashore during the fighting around the Taku Forts. Gefion landed a contingent under Kapitänleutnant Otto Weniger that participated in storming an arsenal, then monitored traffic near the Yangtze. Her later overhaul at British Hong Kong revealed Germany's dependence on the facilities of the maritime power it increasingly aspired to challenge.