At 2 P.M. Vice-Admiral Bradford, commanding the 3rd Battle Squadron, reported that he was turning to the northward, having all the battle cruisers in sight. The 3rd Battle Squadron was sighted from the _Iron Duke_ at 3.30 P.M., and stationed on the Dreadnought Battle Fleet. Sir David Beatty had meanwhile directed the _Indomitable_ at 3.38 P.M. to take the _Lion_ in tow, and this operation was effected by 5 P.M. At 4 P.M. the _Iron Duke’s_ position was Lat. 55.15 N., Long. 4.7 E., and at 4.30 P.M. the battle cruisers were in sight from the _Iron Duke_. The Battle Fleet then turned to the northward, keeping in company with the battle cruisers until dark. At 7 P.M. the _Lion’s_ starboard engine became disabled and the speed was still further reduced. At dusk the 1st and 2nd Light Cruiser Squadrons and all destroyers of the 2nd and 4th Flotillas with the Battle Fleet, except those vessels which were short of fuel, had been detached to assist the remaining destroyers in screening the _Lion_ and her escort against destroyer and submarine attack. The heavy ships, battleships and battle cruisers, stood to the northward to be clear of torpedo attack. The night passed without incident, the 1st and 2nd Light Cruiser Squadrons joining the battle cruisers during the darkness. Wireless messages were sent on the 24th to the Senior Naval Officer, Tyne, to send out tugs to meet the _Lion_, and this was done. The Dreadnought Battle Fleet and the battle cruisers remained cruising in the North Sea during daylight on the 25th, except the 3rd Battle Squadron and 3rd Cruiser Squadron, which were detached to Rosyth at 8 A.M. [Illustration: MOVEMENTS FROM JAN^Y. 23^{RD}. TO 25^{TH}. 1915.] During these operations many floating mines were sighted and sunk. The battle cruisers proceeded to Rosyth at dusk, and the Battle Fleet to Scapa, except the _Iron Duke_ and _Centurion_, which were sent to Cromarty, the _Iron Duke_ to dock and refit and the _Centurion_ to act as “stand by” Fleet-Flagship during the refit. The _Lion_ arrived at Rosyth at 6.35 A.M. on the 26th in a dense fog and was taken up harbour for temporary repairs, the _Assistance_ being sent from Scapa to Rosyth to help in the work. The main injury to the _Lion_ was caused by two hits under water, which pierced the feed tank and displaced an armour plate; the permanent repairs were completed on the Tyne, the work being carried out by the aid of coffer dams, there being no dock there capable of taking the ship. Her casualties consisted of 11 men wounded. The only other battle cruiser that received injury was the _Tiger_, in which ship Engineer Captain Taylor, a most valuable officer, and five men were killed, 11 being wounded; the material damage to the ship was slight.