I roto i te tīmatanga o Hānuere 1915, ka riro te whakahau moana Tiamana mōhio e nga kaipuke Ingarihi i reconnoitering i roto i te rohe Dogger Bank. Admiral Ingenohl i te tīmatanga riria ki te ngana ki te whakangaro i enei ope, no te mea i tahuri te I Scouting Group ā-wā ki te whakangaro i enei ope, no te mea ko Von der Tann i roto i te drydock mō te tiaki wā. Konteradmiral Richard Eckermann, te Chief o kaimahi o te High Seas Fleet, tohe i runga i te mahi, a na Ingenohl riria, ka whakahau Hipper ki te tango i ona battlecruisers ki te Dogger Bank. i runga i Hānuere 23, Hipper i whakaturia, ki Seydlitz i roto i te mata, aru e Moltkeff, Derlinger, a Blücher, me te Battlecruisers marama, Rostock, Strutt, a 19 Kolberg me te torpedo kaipuke i te taha ki te raki. i te marama o Hānuere 1915, i whakaurua e rua nui nui i runga i
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