 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakati pa 17 na 20 Chikunguru 1914, Conqueror yakatora chikamu mukuyedza kuunganidzwa uye kuongororwa kwechikepe sechikamu chekupindura kweBritish kuJuly Crisis. Paakasvika muPortland musi wa25 Chikunguru, akarayirwa kuti aenderere mberi nemamwe ese eHome Fleet kuenda kuScapa Flow mazuva mana gare gare kuchengetedza ngarava kubva pakurwiswa kusingatarisirwi neImperial German Navy. Muna August 1914, pashure pokutanga kweHondo Yenyika I, Home Fleet yakarongwazve seGrand Fleet, uye yakaiswa pasi pehutungamiri hwaAdmiral Sir John Jellicoe. Mishumo inodzokororwa yemabhodhi egungwa muScapa Flow yakatungamirira Jellicoe kugumisa kuti kudzivirirwa ikoko kwakanga kusina kukwana uye akarayira kuti Grand Fleet iparadzwe kune dzimwe nzvimbo kusvikira kudzivirirwa kwakasimbiswa. Musi wa16 Gumiguru 2nd BS yakatumirwa kuLoch naKeal kumhenderekedzo yekumadokero kweScotland. The squadron akasimuka kuti pfuti tsika kure kuchamhembe kwemhenderekedzo yegungwa kweIreland mangwanani 27 October uye dreadnought akarova chimbambaira, akaisa mazuva mashoma apfuura nokuda German hwebetsero minelayer. Vachifunga kuti ngarava yacho yakanga yarohwa nechikepe chepasi pegungwa, mamwe madreadnought akarayirwa kuti abve munharaunda yacho, nepo ngarava duku dzaibatsira. Manheru emusi wa22 Mbudzi 1914, Grand Fleet yakaita tsvina isina zvibereko muhafu yekumaodzanyemba kweNorth Sea; Conqueror yakamira nemuviri mukuru mukutsigira Vice-Admiral David Beattys 1st Battlecruiser Squadron. Ngarava yakanga yadzokera kuchiteshi chengarava muScapa Flow musi wa27 Mbudzi. 