 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mavhiki mashoma mushure mekutanga kweHondo Yenyika I musi wa4 Nyamavhuvhu, Admiralty yakasarudza kurwisa mapurisa eGerman muHeligoland Bight musi wa28 Nyamavhuvhu nevanoparadza uye cruisers yeHarwich Force uye flotilla yezvikepe zvepasi pemvura. Pasinei nokuvhiringidzika pamwero wepamusoro weAdmiralty, Admiral John Jellicoe, mutungamiri weGrand Fleet, akatumira 1st LCS uye shanu dzezvikepe zvake zvehondo kuti asimbise Harwich Force. Mukati mehondo, Nottingham yakabatsira kunyudza ngarava yechiedza uye haina kukuvadzwa pachayo. Mwedzi inoverengeka gare gare, vaGermany vakarwisa Scarborough, Hartlepool naWhitbymusi wa 16 Zvita uye 1st LCS yakanga ichiperekedza Vice-Admiral David Beattys battlecruisers mukupindura apo yakasangana neGermany light cruiser uye hafu yezvikepe zve torpedo. Nottingham yakanga isiri munharaunda yokurwisana pamberi pezvikwata zvakatendeuka kuti zvitevere hondo dzehondo. Munguva yeHondo yeDogger Bank, ngarava yakabatsira kunyudza ngarava yezvombo zvehondo musi wa 23 Ndira 1915. Pashure pehondo, boka racho rakabatsira kuperekedza ngarava yehondo yakanga yaremara kuenda kumba. Nokukurumidza pashure pehondo, Nottingham nehanzvadzi dzake dzakatamisirwa ku 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron na 18 March, kunyange zvazvo boka racho rakagoverwawo kuBeattys battlecruisers. Pana 18 June 1915, ngarava yacho yakasunungurwa kuti isimbise 3rd Cruiser Squadron panguva yekutarisa mhiri kweGungwa reNorth. Nottingham nedzimwe ngarava dzakarwiswa kanoverengeka nezvikepe zveGermany, uye ngarava dzehondo dzakarohwa nechikepe chimwe chete kubva musi wa20 Chikumi, asi vakakwanisa kudzokera kuRosyth nesimba ravo. 