 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - The fleet departed for a cruise in the North Sea on 26 February 1916; Jellicoe akange aronga kushandisa Harwich Force yema cruisers nema destroyers kutsvaira Heligoland Bight, asi mamiriro ekunze akaipa akatadzisa mashandiro kumaodzanyemba kweNorth Sea. Somugumisiro, basa racho rakaganhurirwa kumugumo wokumusoro wegungwa. Kumwe kutsvaira kwakatanga musi wa 6 Kurume, asi kwakanga kwafanira kusiyiwa zuva rakatevera sezvo mamiriro ekunze akawedzera kuomarara kune vanoparadza vanoperekedza. Usiku hwaMarch 25, Bellerophon nemamwe ose echikepe vakabva kuScapa Flow kuti vatsigire Beattys battlecruisers nemamwe mauto akareruka achirwisa German Zeppelin base paTondern. Pakazosvika nguva iyo Grand Fleet yakasvika munharaunda yacho musi wa 26 March, mauto eBritain neGermany akanga atobviswa uye mhepo ine simba yakatyisidzira ngarava dzakareruka, naizvozvo ngarava dzakarayirwa kuti dzidzokere kunzvimbo. Musi waApril 21, Grand Fleet yakaita kuratidzira paHorns Reef kuti ivhiringidze vaGerman apo Imperial Russian Navy yakadzorerazve nzvimbo dzayo dzokuzvidzivirira muGungwa reBaltic. Mauto acho akadzokera kuScapa Flow musi wa24 Kubvumbi ndokuzodza mafuta asati aenda kumaodzanyemba achipindura kumishumo yehungwaru yekuti maGerman aive ave kuda kutanga kurwisa Lowestoft., asi vakangosvika munharaunda yacho pashure pokunge vaGermany vabva. Musi waMay 2 kusvika 4, ngarava dzakaita chimwe chiratidziro paHorns Reef kuitira kuti vaGerman varambe vachifunga nezveNorth Sea. 