 As this required a heayweight lift, beyond the capacity of a civilian yard, the turrets for both monitors were fitted at the COW yard on the Clyde.As the United States was still neutral, the ship was hurriedly renamed HMS "M1" on 31 May 1915.She was then named HMS "General Abercrombie" on 19 June 1915 and renamed HMS "Abercrombie" on 21 June 1915.