 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mutevedzeri waAdmiral Reinhard Scheer akava mukuru mukuru weHigh Seas Fleet musi wa 18 Ndira 1916 apo Admiral von Pohl akarwara zvikuru nekenza yechiropa kuti arambe ari pachinzvimbo ichocho. Scheer akakarakadza mutemo wakaomarara wakagadzirirwa kumanikidza kusangana neBritish Grand Fleet; akagamuchira mvumo kubva kuna Kaiser muna Kukadzi. Yokutanga yebasa raScheer yakaitwa mwedzi wakatevera, musi wa5 kusvika musi wa7 Kurume, nekutsvaira pasina zviitiko zveHoofden. Imwe nzira yakatevera masvondo matatu gare gare musi wa 26, neimwe musi wa 21-22 Kubvumbi. Musi wa24 April, ngarava dzehondo dzaRear Admiral Franz von Hippers I Scouting Group dzakapamba mhenderekedzo yeEngland. Markgraf navamwe vose vaiva mungarava vakafamba nechikepe kuti vatsigire nechokure. 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. 