Reinhard Scheer
Admiral Reinhard Scheer immediately planned another attack on the British coast, but the damage to "Seydlitz" and condenser trouble on several of the III Battle Squadron dreadnoughts delayed the plan until the end of May. The German battlefleet departed the Jade at 03:30 on 31 May. "Rheinland" was assigned to II Division of I Battle Squadron, under the command of Rear Admiral W. Engelhardt. "Rheinland" was the second ship in the division, astern of "Posen" and ahead of "Nassau" and . II Division was the last unit of dreadnoughts in the fleet; they were followed by the elderly pre-dreadnoughts of II Battle Squadron.