 Nharireyomurindi yeChirungu yaDecember 15, 1914, ngarava dzehondo dzeGermany, dzaitsigirwa nengarava dzehondo dzeGermany Main High Seas Fleet dzakatanga kurwisapamusoro pemaguta emumhenderekedzo yegungwa eScarborough, Whitby neHartlepool, nechinangwa chokukwevera kunze zvikamu zveBritish Grand Fleet, kwavaigona kurwiswa nengarava dzehondo dzeHigh Seas Fleet. MaBritish, achiziva kubva kunhepfenyuro kuti maGerman aironga kurwisa nevashandi vavo vehondo asi kwete kuti vaitsigirwa neHigh Seas Fleet yose, vakatumira boka revashandi vehondo pasi peMutevedzeri Admiral David Beatty nevashandi vana vehondo uye Second Battle Squadron, yakatungamirirwa neMutevedzeri Admiral Sir George Warrender, nematanhatu ehondo, kuti varwise kurwisa. Ambuscade yakanga iri imwe yevanoparadza vanomwe vakafamba vachienda kunotsigira boka revaBritish. Pana 05:15 musi wa 16 Zvita, ngarava inotungamira yevaBritish,, yakaona muparadzi wechiGerman, chikamu chechidzitiro cheHigh Seas Fleet ndokuenda pamwe chete nedzimwe vavhimi vachitevera ngarava yechiGerman. Mukupfupikisa kupfura, V155 yakarova Lynx kaviri, ne Lynx ichidzokera shure nekuda kwechikwata chakatsvaira, uye yakabva yarova Ambuscade kamwe pasi pemvura, ichimumanikidza kuti abude mumutsara nemvura yakawanda. Kurwisana pakati pevaBritish vanoparadza uye vanoparadza uye cruisers yeHigh Seas Fleets screen yakaramba ichienderera mberi, zvichikonzera kukuvara kwakakomba ku Lynx uye ku, asi kusangana kwakakonzera Admiral Friedrich von Ingenohl, vachitya kuti Grand Fleet yose yakanga iri mugungwa, kuti ibve. 