At 19:17, for the second time in less than an hour, Scheer turned his outnumbered and out-gunned fleet to the west using the "battle about turn" (German: Gefechtskehrtwendung), but this time it was executed only with difficulty, as the High Seas Fleet's lead squadrons began to lose formation under concentrated gunfire. To deter a British chase, Scheer ordered a major torpedo attack by his destroyers and a potentially sacrificial charge by Scouting Group I's four remaining battlecruisers. Hipper was still aboard the torpedo boat G39 and was unable to command his squadron for this attack. Therefore, Derfflinger, under Captain Hartog, led the already badly damaged German battlecruisers directly into "the greatest concentration of naval gunfire any fleet commander had ever faced", at ranges down to .
at 1917 for the second time in less than an hour scheer turned his outnumbered and out-gunned fleet to the west using the "battle about turn" (german gefechtskehrtwendung) but this time it was executed only with difficulty as the high seas fleet's lead squadrons began to lose formation under concentrated gunfire to deter a british chase scheer ordered a major torpedo attack by his destroyers and a potentially sacrificial charge by scouting group i's four remaining battlecruisers hipper was still aboard the torpedo boat g39 and was unable to command his squadron for this attack therefore derfflinger under captain hartog led the already badly damaged german battlecruisers directly into "the greatest concentration of naval gunfire any fleet commander had ever faced" at ranges down to 