 New Zealand was engaged by the battleship Prinzregent Luitpold beginning at 5 : 08 during what came to be called the ' Run to the North ' , but she was not hit , although she was straddled several times . Beatty 's ships maintained full speed to try and put some separation between them and the High Seas Fleet and gradually moved out of range . They turned north and then northeast to try and rendezvous with the main body of the Grand Fleet . At 5 : 40 they opened fire again on the German battlecruisers . The setting sun blinded the German gunners and they could not make out the British ships and turned away to the northeast at 5 : 47 . Beatty gradually turned more towards the east to allow him to cover the deployment of the Grand Fleet into its battle formation and to move ahead of it , but he mistimed his maneuvre and forced the leading division to fall off towards the east , further away from the Germans . By 6 : 35 Beatty was following Indomitable and Inflexible of the 3rd BCS as they were steering east @-@ southeast , leading the Grand Fleet , and continuing to engage Hipper 's battlecruisers to their southwest . A few minutes earlier Scheer had ordered a simultaneous 180 ° starboard turn and Beatty lost sight of them in the haze . Twenty minutes later Scheer ordered another 180 ° turn which put them on a converging course again with the Grand Fleet , which had altered course itself to the south . This allowed the Grand Fleet to cross Scheer 's T and they badly damaged his leading ships . Scheer ordered yet another 180 ° turn at 7 : 13 in an attempt to extricate the High Seas Fleet from the trap in which he had sent them . 
