However, the Germans had failed in their objective of destroying a substantial portion of the British Fleet, and no progress had been made towards the goal of allowing the High Seas Fleet to operate in the Atlantic Ocean.
Porén, os alemáns fallaron no seu obxectivo de destruír unha parte substancial da frota británica, e non se fixeron progresos para permitir que a Hochseeflotte puidese operar no Atlántico.