Na 18 Ọgọst 1916, Admiral Scheer sonyere n'otu ọrụ iji gbaa Sunderland bọmbụ. Admiral Scheer gbalịrị ikwughachi atụmatụ mbụ nke 31 Mee; ndị agha agha German abụọ na-arụ ọrụ <unk>Moltke na Von der Tann <unk> kwadoro site na atọ dreadnoughts, bụ ndị gbara bọmbụ n'ụsọ oké osimiri Sunderland iji gbalịa ịpụ ma bibie ndị agha agha Beatty. Ndị fọdụrụ n'ụgbọ mmiri, gụnyere Kronzprin, ga-esochi ma nye mkpuchi. Ndị Britain maara atụmatụ ndị German ma wepụta Grand Fleet iji zute ha. Site na 14:35, Admiral Scheer adọọla aka na ntị banyere Grand Fleet na-abịaru nso, na-achọghị ịwakpo ndị agha niile nke Grand Fleet nanị izu iri na otu ka a kpọtụrụ ya na Jutland.
Igwe mmiri mmiri J1 nke ndị Briten tụrụ Kronprinz ọkụ n'akụkụ Horns Reef.