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Built under the Emergency War Programme of the First World War. At the end of 1914 was the design completed and in July 1915 were 36 ships in 3 batches ordered for the British Royal Navy. British shipyards built an additional 8 vessels for the French Navy. Part of Arabis-class preceded by Azalea- and Acacia classes and preceded by Aubrietia-class. The Arabis-class was just like 4 other subclasses part of the so-called Flower-class, the later also known as Cabbage-class or the Herbaceous Borders. Launched by Richardson, Duck and Company, Thornaby-on-Tees, England with yard number 661 on 22 November 1915 as the last built coal fuelled warship of the Royal Navy, completed on 5 February 1916 and sold to be scrapped on 17 December 1947.
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