 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa1 Chikumi 1916, Harwich Force yakabuda kuzosimbisa Grand Fleet zvichitevera Hondo yeJutland. Lawford akanga ari mumwe wavaparadzi vasere vakaparadzaniswa kuti vatarise ngarava yehondo yakakuvadzwa, iyo yakanga yakakuvadzwa panguva yehondo, ichibatsira kuperekedza ngarava yehondo kuHumber kuti igadziriswe kwenguva pfupi. Vaparadzi veHarwich Force vaigara vachitumirwa kuChannel kuti vasimbise kudzivirirwa kweDover Patrol pakurwiswa kungaitwa nemauto epamusoro eGerman, uye mukupera kwaGumiguru 1916, Lawford akatungamira chikamu chevaparadzi vana vaive vachitora mukana wavo kusimbisa Dover Patrol. Pausiku hwa 2627 Gumiguru 1916, Lawfords division yaive ichitenderera kubva kuThe Downs, nepo mamwe mana L-kirasi anoparadza aive achipfuura kuenda kuDunkirk, uye mamwe matanhatu anoparadza akamirira kuDover. Usiku ihwohwo vaGermany vakarwisa Dover Barrage uye ngarava dzaiva muStraits. Rimwe boka rengarava dzeGermany dzairwisa ngarava dzeBritish dzaiva paBarrage, uye apo muparadzi wekare akaenda kunotsvakurudza, akanyudza Flirt. Somupinduri, matanhatu eDover neLaforey mapoka mana edestroyers kubva kuDunkirk akarairwa kubuda mukuedza kuvhara ngarava dzeGermany. Muchiito chakashata, muparadzi weTribal-class akakuvadzwa uye akakuvadzwa zvakanyanya, aine uta hwake hwakaputika, apo uye vakakuvadzwa nemoto wechiGerman, nengarava dzeGerman dzichipukunyuka nekukuvara kushoma. Mukuru mukuru waLawford akashandura zvisiri izvo zvaakanga arayirwa, uye paakanzwa mishumo yekurwiswa kweGermany, akatora boka rake revaparadzi kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kunotsvakurudza, achisiya Downs isina kuchengetedzwa. Murayiro wakazotevera wokudzokera kunheyo wakanga watumirwa panzvimbo pacho kuna Laforey, uyo akasiya kutevera kwake ngarava dzehondo dzeGermany. Chikamu cha Lawford chakasangana ne Nubian iyo yakanga isingabatsiri uye ichipfura zviratidzo zvekutambudzika, uye Lark yakatora Nubian pasi pekutanga-kutanga kukweva. Zvisinei, mamiriro okunze akaipa akaita kuti tambo yokudhonza ngarava iputsike, uye Nubian yakamhara pasi peSouth Foreland. 