 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Ngarava yacho yakabatanazve nezvikepe pakupera kwa1916, kunyange zvazvo panguva ino vaGermany vakanga vasiya nzira yavo yokurwisa nezvikepe zvomumvura vachida kushandisa U-boat. Somugumisiro, Derfflinger uye vamwe vose veHigh Seas Fleet vakaona basa shoma kwemakore maviri okupedzisira ehondo kunze kwekutarisa basa muGerman Bight. Ngarava iyi yakaita basa rimwe rokupedzisira muna April 1918 mukuedza kusingabudiriri kupindira motokari dzeBritain dzaienda kuNorway. Pashure pokuguma kwehondo muna November 1918, ngarava dzacho dzakapfigirwa muScapa Flow. Pakuraira kwaRear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter, ngarava dzakapfigirwa dzakanyudzwa musi wa 21 Chikumi 1919kudzivirira kuti dzisabatwa nemasimba eAllied. 