HMS Acorn

On commissioning, Acorn joined the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla of the Royal Navy's Home Fleet, and was joined by her sister ships as they commissioned. HMS Acorn was involved in a collision with her sister ship, Redpole, on 7 March 1911, and took part in the Coronation Fleet Review on 24 July 1911. Acorn was one of seven destroyers that suffered problems when steaming at full speed off the coast of Ireland during the 1911 Naval Manoeuvres, with serious leaks of water through hull rivets into the ships' oil tanks, requiring that the seven destroyers put into Portland Harbour for repairs. On the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, including Acorn joined the newly established Grand Fleet. Acorn was involved in the rescue of some three hundred officers and men belonging to the King Edward VII. when she was sunk by a mine off the Orkneys . Acorn remained part of the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla until November 1915, then transferring to the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, part of the Mediterranean Fleet, arriving at Malta on 31 December. Acorn and the River-class destroyer Colne were used for trials of hydrophones during 1917. Acorn remained part of the Mediterranean Fleet at the end of the war in November 1918, when she was serving in the Aegean Squadron, based at Mudros. Disposal

Acorn was in reserve at Devonport Naval Base in March 1919, and was sold for scrap to Marple & Gillot of Saltash on 29 November 1921.

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