	The ship was laid down at Yarrow's Scotstoun, Glasgow shipyard on 24 July 1912 as "Hereward" but on 30 September 1913, the Admiralty ordered that the L-class be renamed with names beginning with the letter "L", and "Hereward" was renamed "Laverock". "Laverock " was launched on 19 November 1913. The ship was undergoing final acceptance trials on 1 March 1914 when she ran aground in the Firth of Clyde near Skelmorlie. She was completed in October 1914.