By the time Beatty sighted the larger force and turned back towards the British main fleet, he had lost two battlecruisers from a force of six battlecruisers and four powerful battleships—though he had sped ahead of his battleships of 5th Battle Squadron earlier in the day, effectively losing them as an integral component for much of this opening action against the five ships commanded by Hipper.
Pada saat Beatty melihat kekuatan lebih besar dan berbalik kembali menuju armada utama Inggris, dia telah kehilangan dua dari enam kapal perusak dan empat kapal perang kuat – meskipun dia telah melesat ke depan kapal perang dari Skuadron Pertempuran 5 sebelumnya pada hari itu, secara efektif kehilangan mereka sebagai komponen integral dari sebagian besar aksi pembukaan melawan lima kapal Hipper.