Derfflinger aive chikamu cheI Scouting Group kwechikamu chikuru cheHondo Yenyika I, uye aibatanidzwa mune dzinoverengeka zviitiko zvechikepe panguva yehondo. Akatora chikamu mukuputika kwemataundi emahombekombe eEngland, pamwe neHondo dzeDogger Bank neJutland, uko kuramba kwake kwakakonzera kuti maBritish amutumidze zita rekuti "Iron Dog". Chikepe ichi chaive nemhosva yekunyudza ngarava mbiri dzeBritain paJutland; Derfflinger naSeydlitz vakaparadza Mambokadzi Mary, uye Lützow akabatsira hanzvadzi yake mukunyudza Invincible. Derfflinger akaiswa pamwe nevamwe vese veHigh Seas fleet kuScapa Flow zvichitevera chibvumirano chemoto munaNovember 1918. Pasi pemirairo yaRear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter, ngarava dzakasungwa dzakanyudzwa musi wa21 Chikumi 1919; pa14: 45 Mubvunzo: Zita rekuti Derfflinger raive rei?
Imbwa yeIron