Derfflinger, da sabon kwamishinan jirgin ruwansa Lützow, da tsoffin soji Moltke, Seydlitz da Von der Tann sun bar Jade Estuary a karfe 10:55 na ranar 24 ga Afrilu. An tallafa musu da rundunar masu sintiri na jiragen ruwa 6 da jiragen ruwa biyu na torpedo. Rukunin manyan jiragen ruwa na High Seas Fleet, a karkashin jagorancin Admiral Reinhard Scheer, sun tashi a karfe 13:40, tare da manufar samar da tallafi ga jiragen ruwa na Bocker.
jirgin ruwa na torpedo