 "Grosser Kurfürst" and her three sisters were to have taken part in a final fleet action at the end of October 1918, days before the Armistice was to take effect.The bulk of the High Seas Fleet was to have sortied from their base in Wilhelmshaven to engage the British Grand Fleet; Scheer—by now the Grand Admiral ("Großadmiral") of the fleet—intended to inflict as much damage as possible on the British navy, in order to retain a better bargaining position for Germany, despite the expected casualties.However, many of the war-weary sailors felt the operation would disrupt the peace process and prolong the war.