For victory, the British only had to damage the raider enough so that she was either unable to make the journey or unable to fight a subsequent battle with the Home Fleet (by contrast the Germans would have to destroy the British force without being severely damaged).
Para conseguir a vitoria, os británicos só tiñan que danar o barco o suficiente como para que non puidese facer a viaxe ou para que non tivese a capacidade de loitar contra a Home Fleet (polo contrario, os alemáns deberían destruír a forza aliada sen ser gravemente danados).