 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hamburg yakashandawo neHigh Seas Fleet munguva iyi, kazhinji mukambani nevashandi vaduku ve IV Scouting Group. Basa rokutanga rakadaro rakanga riri rokupfura kweScarborough, Hartlepool neWhitbyyakaitwa mukati memwedzi wa15 na16 Zvita. IV Scouting Group yakapiwa basa rokuongorora zvinhu zvikuru zvechikepe apo zvikepe zvehondo zveI Scouting Group zvakapfura maguta; chinangwa chaiva chokukwezva chikamu chechikepe cheBritain chaigona kukundwa muzvinyorwa. Pana 06:59 musi wa 16 Zvita, Hamburg, ngarava yehondo, uye ngarava yechiedza yakasangana nevanoparadza veBritain pasi peMutungamiri Loftus William Jones. Jones akatevera vaGermany kusvikira na7:40, panguva iyo Hamburg neStuttgart dzakabviswa kuti dziputse vaivatevera. Mishumo yokuparara kwezvikepe yakakurudzira Admiral Friedrich von Ingenohl, mutungamiriri wehondo yeGermany, kurayira kuti ngarava dzibve. Pana 08:02, Roon akaratidza zvikepe zviviri zvechiedza uye akavarayira kuti varege kutevera uye vadzokere pamwe chete nevamwe vose veHigh Seas Fleet. 