Shortly after 01:00, "Nassau" and encountered the British armored cruiser . "Thüringen" opened fire first, and pummeled "Black Prince" with a total of 27 heavy-caliber shells and 24 shells from her secondary battery. "Nassau" and joined in, followed by . The heavy fire quickly disabled the British cruiser and set her alight; following a tremendous explosion, she sank, taking her entire crew with her. The sinking "Black Prince" was directly in the path of "Nassau"; to avoid the wreck, the ship had to steer sharply towards III Battle Squadron. It was necessary for "Nassau" to reverse her engines to full speed astern to avoid a collision with . "Nassau" then fell back into a position between the pre-dreadnoughts and . At around 03:00, several British destroyers attempted another torpedo attack on the German line. At approximately 03:10, three or four destroyers appeared in the darkness to port of "Nassau"; at a range of between to , "Nassau" briefly fired on the ships before turning away 90° to avoid torpedoes.