 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Scharnhorst nevanoparadza vake vashanu vakabva pachiteshi kuma19:00 uye vakanga vari mugungwa rakazaruka maawa mana gare gare. Pana 03:19, Bey akagamuchira mirayiridzo kubva kuFleet Command kuti Scharnhorst yaifanira kuitisa kurwisa chete kana gungwa rakaoma rakakanganisa kukwanisa kwevadzikinuri kurwisa. Vasingazivi vaGermany, vaBritain vakanga vachiverenga nhepfenyuro dzeredhiyo pakati pe Scharnhorst uye Fleet Command; Admirals Robert Burnett naBruce Fraser vaiziva nezvehurongwa hwaBey hwekurwisa mutasvi uye vaigona kuisa mauto avo maererano. Pana 07:03, Scharnhorst yakanga iri kumwe kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweBear Island apo yakaita kutendeuka kwaizoiisa mumugariro wokurwisa konvoi pa 10:00. Admiral Burnett, achitungamirira ngarava nhatu dzokurwa, uye achitungamirira Convoy JW 55B, akaisa ngarava dzake pakati pemotokari dzechikepe neScharnhorst yaitarisirwa nzira yekurwisa. Fraser ari mungarava yehondo ine simba, pamwe chete nengarava uye magwa mana, akaenda kunzvimbo iri kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweScharnhorst kuti avhare kuedza kupukunyuka. 