 Following repairs in July 1916 , Markgraf went into the Baltic for trials . The ship was then temporarily assigned to the I Scouting Group for the fleet operation on 18 – 19 August . Due to the serious damage incurred by Seydlitz and Derfflinger at Jutland , the only battlecruisers available for the operation were Von der Tann and Moltke , which were joined by Markgraf , Grosser Kurfürst , and the new battleship Bayern . The British were aware of the German plans , and sortied the Grand Fleet to meet them . By 14 : 35 , Scheer had been warned of the Grand Fleet 's approach and , unwilling to engage the whole of the Grand Fleet just 11 weeks after the decidedly close engagement at Jutland , turned his forces around and retreated to German ports . 
 Following repairs in July 1916 , Markgraf went into the Baltic for trials . The ship was then temporarily assigned to the I Scouting Group for the fleet operation on 18 – 19 August . Due to the serious damage incurred by Seydlitz and Derfflinger at Jutland , the only battlecruisers available for the operation <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> Von der Tann and Moltke , which <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> joined by Markgraf , Grosser Kurfürst , and the new battleship Bayern . The British <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> aware of the German plans , and sortied the Grand Fleet to meet them . By 14 : 35 , Scheer <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>had</mark></a> been warned of the Grand Fleet <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>approach and , unwilling to engage the whole of the Grand Fleet just 11 weeks after the decidedly close engagement at Jutland , turned his forces around and retreated to German ports . 
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