 The concentration on Blücher allowed Moltke , Seydlitz , and Derfflinger to escape . Admiral Hipper had originally intended to use his three battlecruisers to turn about and flank the British ships , in order to relieve the battered Blücher , but when he learned of the severe damage to his flagship , he decided to abandon the armored cruiser . Hipper later recounted his decision : 
