ty ' s ▁ 1 st ▁and ▁ 2 nd ▁Battle c ru iser ▁Squad rons ▁amb ushed ▁the ▁battle c ru is ers ▁of ▁I   Sc out ing ▁Group , ▁occurred ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁January ▁ 1 9 1 5 . ▁Ost f ries land ▁and ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁I   S quad ron ▁sort ied ▁to ▁rein force ▁the ▁out number ed ▁German ▁battle c ru is ers ; ▁I   S quad ron ▁left ▁port ▁at ▁ 1 2 : 3 3   C ET , ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁pre - d read n ought s ▁of ▁II   S quad ron . ▁They ▁were ▁too ▁late , ▁however , ▁and ▁failed ▁to ▁locate ▁any ▁British ▁forces . ▁By ▁ 1 9 : 0 5 , ▁the ▁fleet ▁had ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁Sch ill ig ▁Ro ads ▁outside ▁Wilhelm sh aven . ▁In ▁the ▁meant ime , ▁the ▁arm ored ▁cru iser ▁ ▁had ▁been ▁over wh el med ▁by ▁concentr ated ▁British ▁fire ▁and ▁s unk , ▁while ▁the ▁battle c ru iser ▁ ▁was ▁sever ely ▁dam aged ▁by ▁a ▁fire ▁in ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁am mun ition ▁mag az ines . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁Kaiser ▁Wilhelm ▁II ▁removed ▁In gen ohl ▁from ▁his ▁post ▁and ▁replaced ▁him ▁with ▁Admir al ▁Hugo ▁von ▁P ohl ▁on ▁ 2 ▁February . ▁ ▁The ▁eight ▁I   S quad ron ▁ships ▁went ▁into ▁the ▁Balt ic ▁on ▁ 2 2 ▁February ▁ 1 9 1 5 ▁for