 By the time Beatty regained control over his ships , after having boarded HMS Princess Royal , the German ships had too great a lead for the British to catch them ; at 13 : 50 , he broke off the chase . Kaiser Wilhelm II was enraged by the destruction of Blücher and the near sinking of Seydlitz , and ordered the High Seas Fleet to remain in harbor . Rear Admiral Eckermann was removed from his post and Admiral Ingenohl was forced to resign . He was replaced by Admiral Hugo von Pohl . 
