"laverock" was part of the escort for the seaplane carrier when "vindex", covered by most of the harwich force, launched an unsuccessful air attack against a german zeppelin base believed to be at hoyer in schleswig-holstein on 25–26 march 1916. only two out of five seaplanes dispatched returned, reporting that the zeppelin base was in fact at tondern, but that they were unable to attack the base. tyrwhitt sent several of his destroyers, including "laverock" to search for the missing seaplanes. no sign of the missing seaplanes were found (they had, in fact, ditched due to engine trouble, and their crews captured by the germans) but the force did encounter two german patrol boats which they sank. when picking up survivors from the two patrol boats, "laverock" rammed the destroyer . while damage to "laverock" was confined to her bows, "medusa" had been holed in her engine room and was taken in tow by the flotilla leader , but due to the severe weather, "medusa" eventually had to be scuttled. during the return journey of tyrwhitt's force, the cruisers and also collided, badly damaging "undaunted", shortly after "cleopatra" rammed and sunk the german destroyer .