Tegettoff turned his ships back to the south to chase Suenson, who in turn altered course to try to cut off the Prussian gunboats. As "Schwarzenberg" turned, the distance closed to just over , and she came under fire from all three Danish vessels. "Jylland" and "Hejmdal" then shifted fire to "Radetzky". The Prussian vessels remained on the disengaged side of the Austrian frigates, firing at the Danish vessels with little effect. One of the Austrian vessels scored a hit on "Jylland" that killed or wounded all the men in one of her gun crews. The crews of the guns on either side fled their positions at the sight of the carnage until one of the men returned, calling his comrades to join him. During this period of the battle, "Schwarzenberg" suffered multiple shell hits and was set afire three times. Her crew extinguished the first two, but the third, in her foretopsail, proved to be too difficult to fight.