Career
She served in home waters during World War I. On the morning of 16 December 1914 Hartlepool was the subject of a German raid. The destroyers HMS Doon, Test, Waveney and HMS Moy were on patrol when Doon saw the battlecruisers Seydlitz and Moltke and the cruiser Blücher approaching, shortly before they opened fire. HMS Doon tried to press home a torpedo attack while Waveney, Test and Moy joined in by firing their guns. The German cruisers returned fire, hitting Doon and Test. Totally outgunned the four British destroyers broke off at speed.
The ship was sold to Ward of Rainham on 27 May 1919 for scrapping.
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