Daga 23 Satumba zuwa farkon Oktoba, Bayern ya zama babban jirgin ruwa na III Squadron, a karkashin Vizeadmiral (Vice Admiral) Hugo Kraft. Bayern ya kasance ya shiga cikin abin da zai zama daidai da "mutuwar tafiya" na High Seas Fleet jim kadan kafin karshen yakin duniya na I. Mafi yawan High Seas Fleet ya kasance ya fito daga tushe a Wilhelmshaven don shiga Birtaniya Grand Fleet. Scheer, yanzu Großadmiral na rundunar, ya yi niyyar haifar da mummunar lalacewar Birtaniya, don samun matsayi mafi kyau ga Jamus, duk abin da ya shafi jirgin ruwa. Yayin da rundunar ke aiki a Wilhelmshaven, masu tayar da kayar baya sun fara tayar da hankali.
Hugo Kraft. - Ka yi haƙuri.