sentences:  It served in many capacities until it was destroyed by a hurricane in 1943.From 9 July 1919 until 1 October, "Grebe", based at Kirkwall, Orkney, was part of a minesweeper flotilla clearing the North Sea of mines laid by the Allies during World War I.She returned to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 28 November 1919 via Davenport, Brest, Lisbon, the Azores, Bermuda, and New York.