 One of the four ships taken over by the Royal Navy was sunk in 1916, but the other three were returned to the friendly nation of Chile in 1920, at which point the Thornycroft type leader "Rooke" was renamed "Broke" to maintain this famous name (that of Admiral Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke of the "Shannon") in the Navy List.All of the class were present at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May to 1 June 1916 where "Broke" collided with and sank the "Acasta"-class destroyer "Sparrowhawk".Also in this action, "Tipperary", serving with the 4th Destroyer Flotilla, was hit by 5.9-inch (150 mm) fire from the secondary battery of the German dreadnought "Westfalen" and sank with the loss of 185 hands from her crew of 197.