the harwich force was held back as a reserve during the battle of jutland on 31 may–1 june 1916, but when the battleship was damaged by a german torpedo, "laverock" was one of eight destroyers of the harwich force sent to escort the crippled battleship to the humber. on 13 august 1916, "laverock", along with and was part of the escort of a harwich–holland convoy when "lassoo" struck a mine, killing six of her crew. believing that "lassoo" had been torpedoed, the other destroyers deployed their anti-submarine explosive sweeps. "laverock"s sweep detonated, but no debris came up.