 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 15 December 1914 chikwata chechikepe chokurwisa cheGermany pasi pokutungamirira kwaFranz von Hipper chakatanga kurwisapamaguta emhenderekedzo yokumabvazuva eBritain eScarborough, Hartlepool, West Hartlepool neWhitby, nechinangwa chokukwezva zvikamu zveBritish Grand Fleet uko yaigona kukundwa zvizere. V29 yakanga iri rutivi rwekuperekedza ngarava dzinorema dzaHipper, asi pashure pokutambura nezvinetso zvecondenser, yakarayirwa kudzoka. Musi wa 23 January 1915, mauto eGermany aiva nezvikepe zvehondo uye zvikepe zvehondo zviduku, zvaiperekedzwa nezvikepe zvinokanda pfuti, uye zvaitungamirirwa naAdmiral Franz von Hipper, zvakaenda kunorwisa zvikepe zveBritain zvairedza hove kuDogger Bank. V29, rutivi rwe18th Torpedo Boat Half-Flotilla, rwakaumba rutivi rwekuperekedza simba raHipper. British Naval Intelligence yakanyeverwa nezvekurwiswa nehurukuro dzeredhiyo dzakatsanangurwa neRoom 40, ndokutumira Battlecruiser Force kubva kuRosyth, inotungamirirwa naAdmiral Beatty ari muchikepe uye neHarwich Force yezvikepe zvakareruka uye vanoparadza, kuti vatore simba reGermany. Mauto eBritain neGermany akasangana mangwanani aJanuary 24 muHondo yeDogger Bank. Paakaona vaBritain, Hipper akarayira ngarava dzake kuti dziende kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kuti dzitize vaBritain, avo vakatanga kudzitevera. Ngarava yehondo yakavharwa nemapurisa eBritain ndokunyangarika, asi vamwe vose veuto reGermany vakapukunyuka, uye ngarava yehondo yeGermany yakakuvadzwa zvikuru. 