"Laforey" then rejoined the Harwich Force, as part of the 9th Destroyer Flotilla, and was part of the escort for the seaplane carrier when "Vindex" launched an unsuccessful air attack against the German Zeppelin base at Tondern on 25–25 March 1916.The Harwich Force was held back as a reserve during the Battle of Jutland on 31 May–1 June 1916, but when the battleship was damaged by a German torpedo, "Laforey" was one of eight destroyers of the Harwich Force sent to escort the crippled battleship to the Humber.