 König, Grosser Kurfürst, uye Markgraf vakagadziriswa kuburikidza naJuly uye vakazoita kudzidziswa muBaltic munaAugust vasati vapinda muchirongwa chakatungamirira kune chiito che 19 August 1916; panguva yekushanda, Markgraf uye Grosser Kurfürst yakasungirirwa kwenguva pfupi kune I Scouting Group sezvo vazhinji vevarwi vayo vakanga vakakuvadzwa zvikuru kuJutland uye vakanga vachiri kugadziriswa. Scheer aida kurwisa mhenderekedzo yeBritain, asi akarega mushure mekunge agamuchira mishumo yekuti Grand Fleet yakanga iri mugungwa; mune chiito chisina kukwana, maU-boats eGermany akanyudza vaviri veBritish light cruisers, uye mukudzoka imwe ngarava yehondo yeGerman yakakuvadzwa nemugodhi. Dzimwe nhambo dzokurovedza muBaltic, pamwe chete nokutsvaira kusina maturo muNorth Sea dzakapfuurira mukati mezvimwe zvose zva1916. Mukati mokuita basa rokudzorera maU-boat maviri akanga asvika pamhenderekedzo yeDenmark, ngarava yeBritish yakanyudza Grosser Kurfürst uye Kronprinz, kunyange zvazvo ngarava dzose dziri mbiri dzakadzokera kuchiteshi nokuda kwokugadziriswa. Muna 1917, zvikamu zvinorema zveHigh Seas Fleet zvainyanyo kuganhurirwa kuita basa rekuchengetedza muGerman Bight, sezvo hurongwa hwehurongwa hweGerman hwakatamira kuhondo yeU-boat. Munguva iyi, ngarava dzacho dzakavandudzwa dzinosanganisira kuiswa kweforemasts inorema yemachubhu iyo Kronprinz yakanga yagamuchira payakatanga kupedzwa. 