Kent (H.M.S.)

At the beginning of the Second World War in August 1914, this vessel was still refitting. In October Kent was ordered to the South Atlantic to join Rear Admiral Christopher Cradock's squadron in their search for the German East Asia Squadron, but arrived at the Falkland Islands after the British squadron had been destroyed in the Battle of Coronel. During the subsequent Battle of the Falkland Islands, the ship sank a German light cruiser. Several months later this vessel discovered the sole surviving German ship from that battle and forced Dresden to scuttle herself in the Battle of Más a Tierra. This vessel was briefly assigned to the China Station in mid-1915, but returned home several months later to begin convoy escort duties until mid-1918 when this vessel returned to the China Station. In early 1919 the ship was deployed to Vladivostok to support the Siberian Intervention during the Russian Civil War. Kent was sold for scrap in 1920.