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Part of Admiralty R-class preceded by Admiralty M-class succeeded by S- and Admiralty V-classes. Under 8th War Programme ordered in March 1916. Launched by Alexander Stephen and Sons, Linthouse, Scotland on 4 August 1917, completed in November 1917 and sunk after running into a German minefield and striking 2 mines on 23 December 1917. Amongs her tasks was the so-called Beef Run convoys between the Netherlands and England and she waited near the Maas Light Buoy when the accident happened.
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