 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokudzokera kumhenderekedzo yegungwa, Derfflinger akaitisa kurovedza kugadzirira kurwa muGungwa reBaltic kwevakasara vaOctober naNovember yose. Panguva iyi, vaGermany vakanga vasiya kushandisa ngarava dzomumvura pakurwisa, vachida kushandisa ngarava dzeU-boatkurwisa ngarava dzokutengesa dzeBritain. Derfflinger nemamwe ose engarava akashandiswa kudzivirira mvura dzeGermany kuitira kuti U-boats igone kupfuurira kushanda. Munguva yeHondo yechipiri yeHeligoland Bight munaNovember 1917, Derfflinger akafamba kubva pachiteshi kuti abatsire maGerman akareruka cruisers eII Scouting Group, asi panguva iyo iye nedzimwe cruisers dzehondo dzakasvika panzvimbo yacho, vapambi veBritain vakanga vatizira kuchamhembe. Musi waApril 20, 1918, Derfflinger akafukidza basa rokugadzira zvimbambaira pedyo neTerschelling. 