 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - The fleet departed for a cruise in the North Sea on 26 February 1916; Jellicoe akange aronga kushandisa Harwich Force yema cruisers nema destroyers kutsvaira Heligoland Bight, asi mamiriro ekunze akaipa akatadzisa mashandiro kumaodzanyemba kweNorth Sea. Somugumisiro, basa racho rakaganhurirwa kumugumo wokumusoro wegungwa. Hunt akabva atorwa naKaputeni Edwin Underhill musi wa 3 March. Imwe tsvakurudzo yakatanga mazuva matatu gare gare, asi yaifanira kusiyiwa zuva rakatevera sezvo mamiriro okunze akawedzera zvakanyanya kune vanoparadza vanoparadza. Usiku hwaMarch 25, Temeraire nemamwe ose engarava vakabva kuScapa Flow kunotsigira Beattys battlecruisers nemamwe mauto akareruka achirwisa German Zeppelin base paTondern. Pakazosvika nguva iyo Grand Fleet yakasvika munharaunda yacho musi wa 26 March, mauto eBritain neGermany akanga atobviswa uye mhepo ine simba yakatyisidzira ngarava dzakareruka, naizvozvo ngarava dzakarayirwa kuti dzidzokere kunzvimbo. Musi waApril 21, Grand Fleet yakaita kuratidzira paHorns Reef kuti ivhiringidze vaGerman apo Imperial Russian Navy yakadzorerazve nzvimbo dzayo dzokuzvidzivirira muGungwa reBaltic. Mauto acho akadzokera kuScapa Flow musi wa24 Kubvumbi ndokuzodza mafuta asati aenda kumaodzanyemba achipindura kumishumo yehungwaru yekuti maGerman aive ave kuda kutanga kurwisa Lowestoft., asi vakangosvika munharaunda yacho pashure pokunge vaGermany vabva. Musi waMay 2 kusvika 4, ngarava dzakaita chimwe chiratidziro paHorns Reef kuitira kuti vaGerman varambe vachifunga nezveNorth Sea. 