[[File:HMS Black Prince.jpg|thumb|left|HMS ''Black Prince'']]
Attorno alle 00:30, l'avanguardia della linea tedesca incontrò una squadra di incrociatori britannici; ne seguì un feroce scontro a breve distanza, la ''Rheinland'' devastòcolpì l'incrociatore {{nave|HMS|Black Prince|1904|2}}con le sue batterie secondarie ad una distanza ditra i {{converti|2200|to|2600|m|yd|}}. AfterDopo apochi fewminuti minutesdi fuoco, la ''Rheinland'' anded theil restresto ofdelle thenavi Germantedesche battleshipsvirarono turnedper awayevitare to avoideventuali torpedoessiluri. AtAlle 00:36, la ''Rheinland'' wasfu hitcolpida byda aun pairpaio ofdi proietti da {{convertconverti|6|in|cm|adj=on}} shells fromdel ''Black Prince''.,<ref>{{cita|Campbell|pp=. 286–287}}</ref> Oneuno ofdei theproietti shellstranciò cuti thecavi cablesdelle toquattro thefotoelettriche fourdi forwardprua searchlightse anddanneggiò damagedil thefumaiolo forward funnelanteriore. TheIl secondsecondo struckcolpì thela sidefiancata ofdella thenave shiped andesplose explodedcontro on the forward armored transverse bulkhead.la Althoughparatoia thetrasversale bulkhead was bent inward from the explosioncorazzata, itdeformandola wassenza not penetratedpenetrare.<ref>{{cita|Campbell|p=. 303}}</ref> AboutDopo 45circa minutes45 laterminuti, la ''Rheinland'' openedfece firefuoco oncontro anotherun destroyercacciatorpediniere, possiblyforse l'{{nave|HMS|Ardent|1913|2}}, butma sheinterruppe hadil tofuoco ceasenon whenappena aun'incrociatore Germantedesco cruisersi cameavvicinò tooalla closelinea todi the line of firetiro.<ref>{{cita|Campbell|p=. 289}}</ref> AtNel thefrattempo, same time,il ''Black Prince'' wasveniva obliterateddistrutto bydal accuratetiro fire from the battleshipdella {{nave|SMS|Ostfriesland||2}}.<ref>{{cita|Campbell|p=. 290}}</ref>
Despite the ferocity of the night fighting, the High Seas Fleet punched through the British destroyer forces and reached [[Horns Reef]] by 04:00 on 1 June.<ref>{{cita|Tarrant|pp=246–247}}</ref> The German fleet reached Wilhelmshaven a few hours later, where ''Rheinland'' refueled and re-armed. Meanwhile, her three sisters stood out in the [[roadstead]] in defensive positions.<ref>{{cita|Tarrant|p=263}}</ref> Over the course of the battle, the ship had fired thirty-five 28 cm (11 in) shells and twenty-six 15 cm (5.9 in) rounds.<ref>{{cita|Tarrant|p=292}}</ref> The two hits from ''Black Prince'' had killed 10 men and wounded 20.<ref>{{cita|Tarrant|p=298}}</ref> Repair work followed immediately in Wilhelmshaven and was completed by 10 June.<ref>{{cita|Campbell|p=336}}</ref>
