 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Pana 11 January 1916, Admiral Reinhard Scheer akatsiva von Pohl airwara, uyo akanga achitambura nekenza yechiropa. Scheer akakarakadza mutemo wakaomarara wakagadzirirwa kumanikidza kusangana neGrand Fleet; akagamuchira mvumo kubva kuna Kaiser muna Kukadzi. Yokutanga yebasa raScheer yakaitwa mwedzi wakatevera, musi wa5 kusvika musi wa7 Kurume, nekutsvaira pasina zviitiko zveHoofden. Musi wa 25-26 Kurume, Scheer akaedza kurwisa mauto eBritish akanga apinda muTondern, asi akakundikana kuvawana. Kumwe kuenderera mberi kuHorns Reef kwakatevera musi wa 21-22 Kubvumbi. Musi waApril 24, ngarava dzehondo dzeI Scouting Group dzakaita musasa pamhenderekedzo yeEngland. König Albert navamwe vose vaiva mungarava vakafamba nechikepe vari kure vachitsigira. Ngarava yehondo yakarova chimbambaira ichiri munzira kuenda kuchinangwa, uye yaifanira kudzokera shure. Dzimwe ngarava dzehondo dzakarwisa guta reLowestoft dzisina kupikiswa, asi pavakanga vava kusvika kuYarmouth, vakasangana nengarava dzeBritain dzeHarwich Force. Kurwisana kwepfupi kwezvombo kwakaitika pamberi peHarwich Force yakadzokera shure. Mishumo yokunzwa nezvengarava dzepasi pemvura dzeBritain munharaunda yacho yakakurudzira kuti I Scouting Group idzokere shure. Panguva ino, Scheer, uyo akanga anyeverwa nezvekubva kweGreat Fleet kubva paScapa Flow, akabvawo akaenda kumvura dzakachengeteka dzeGermany. 