▁l ure ▁the ▁Germ ans ▁towards ▁the ▁rapidly ▁approaching ▁Grand ▁Fle et , ▁under ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁Admir al ▁John ▁J el lic oe . ▁During ▁the ▁run ▁to ▁the ▁north , ▁Hi pper ' s ▁ships ▁continued ▁to ▁eng age ▁both ▁Beat ty ' s ▁battle c ru is ers ▁and ▁the ▁s ▁of ▁the ▁ 5 th ▁Battle ▁Squadron . ▁ ▁At ▁ 1 9 : 2 4 , ▁the ▁ 3 rd ▁Battle c ru iser ▁Squadron ▁had ▁formed ▁up ▁with ▁Beat ty ' s ▁remaining ▁battle c ru is ers ▁ahead ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁line . ▁The ▁leading ▁British ▁ships ▁sp otted ▁L üt z ow ▁and ▁Der ff ling er , ▁and ▁began ▁firing ▁on ▁them . ▁In ▁the ▁span ▁of ▁ 8 ▁minutes , ▁the ▁battle c ru iser ▁ ▁scored ▁eight ▁hits ▁on ▁L üt z ow ; ▁these ▁hits ▁were ▁mainly ▁concentr ated ▁in ▁the ▁ship ' s ▁bow ▁and ▁were ▁the ▁primary ▁cause ▁of ▁the ▁flo oding ▁that ▁would ▁eventually ▁cause ▁her ▁loss . ▁In ▁return , ▁both ▁L üt z ow ▁and ▁Der ff ling er ▁concentr ated ▁their ▁fire ▁on ▁Inv inci ble , ▁and ▁at ▁ 1 9 : 3 3 , ▁L üt z ows ▁third ▁sal vo ▁pen etr ated ▁Inv inci bles ▁center ▁tur ret ▁and ▁ign ited ▁the ▁magazine ; ▁the ▁ship ▁disappeared ▁in ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁massive ▁explos ions . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 : 3 0 , ▁the ▁Grand ▁Fle et ▁had ▁arrived ▁on