While the nature of Scheer's escape, and Jellicoe's inaction, indicate the overall German superiority in night fighting, the results of the night action were no more clear-cut than were those of the battle as a whole.
Se ben o carácter da fuxida de Scheer, e a inacción de Jellicoe, indicaban a superioridade xeral dos alemáns no combate nocturno, os resultados das accións desa noite non foron máis claros que os de toda a batalla.