 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 23-24 Gumiguru, High Seas Fleet yakaita basa rayo guru rokupedzisira rokurwisa riri pasi pokutungamirirwa kwavon Pohl, kunyange zvazvo rakaguma pasina kuonana nemauto eBritain. Pakazosvika January 1916 kenza yechiropa yakanga yanetesa von Pohl kusvika pakusagona kwake kuita mabasa ake, uye akatsiviwa naVice Admiral Reinhard Scheer munaJanuary. Scheer akakarakadza mutemo wakaomarara wakagadzirirwa kumanikidza kusangana neBritish Grand Fleet; akagamuchira mvumo kubva kuna Kaiser muna Kukadzi. Basa rokutanga raScheer raiva rokutsvaira muNorth Sea musi wa5 kusvika musi wa7 March, rakateverwa nemamwe maviri musi wa21 kusvika 22 March uye musi wa25 kusvika 26 March. Mukati mechiito chaScheer chinotevera, Thüringen yakatsigira kudenha pamhenderekedzo yeEnglandmusi wa 24 April 1916 wakaitwa neuto reGermany rebhuruzha rehondo. Ngarava dzehondo dzakabva paJade Estuary na10:55 uye vamwe vose veHigh Seas Fleet vakatevera na13:40. Ngarava yehondo Seydlitz yakarova chimbambaira ichiri munzira kuenda kuchinangwa, uye yaifanira kudzokera shure. Dzimwe ngarava dzehondo dzakarwisa guta reLowestoft dzisina kupikiswa, asi pavakanga vava kusvika kuYarmouth, vakasangana nengarava dzeBritain dzeHarwich Force. Kurwisana kwepfupi kwepfuti kwakatevera pamberi peHarwich Force yakabva. Mishumo yokunzwa nezvengarava dzepasi pemvura dzeBritain munharaunda yacho yakakurudzira kuti I Scouting Group idzokere shure. Panguva ino, Scheer, uyo akanga anyeverwa nezvekubva kweGreat Fleet kubva paScapa Flow, akabvawo akaenda kumvura dzakachengeteka dzeGermany. 