 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Lützow yakatumirwa musi wa 8 Nyamavhuvhu 1915, asi haina kujoina I Scouting Group kusvika 20 Kurume nekuda kwekukuvara kweinjini panguva yekuyedzwa. Ikoku kwakanga kuri pashure pokunge zvizhinji zvezviito zvikuru zvakaitwa neGermany battlecruiser simba zvaitika. Somugumisiro, Lützow yakaona chiito chiduku zvikuru mukati mehondo. Akatora rutivi mubasa rimwe bedzi rokurwisa mabhomba: Kurwisa mabhomba kweYarmouth neLowestoftMusi wa24-25 April 1916, yakava ngarava yaAdmiral Franz von Hipper. Mwedzi mumwe gare gare, ngarava yakanga yakanyatsobatanidzwa munguva yeHondo yeJutland, musi waMay 31 kusvika musi waJune 1. Munguva yehondo, Lützow yakanyudza ngarava yehondo yeBritain uye dzimwe nguva inopiwa chikwereti chekunyudza ngarava yehondo. Zvisinei, akakuvadzwa zvikuru neanenge mapfuti 24 anorema. Nechemberi kwayo yakanyura mvura, ngarava yacho haina kukwanisa kuita rwendo rwekudzokera kuGermany; vashandi vayo vakabviswa uye yakanyudzwa nemapurisa akapfurwa nemumwe wevashandi vake, chikepe che torpedo. 