 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chikamu chakapihwa kuGrand Fleet pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yekutanga, uye chakashanda kuNorthern Patrol. Muna 1914 na1915, ngarava dzacho dzaiwanzoenda kugungwa kunotsvaka ngarava dzeGermany, asi Hindustan haina kuita chimwe chinhu munguva iyi. Pakupera kwegore, Grand Fleet yakarega kushanda nemidziyo yekare ye3rd Battle Squadron, uye muna 1916, squadron yakaendeswa kuNore Command. Hindustan yakashanda ikoko kutozosvikira yabviswa muna February 1918 kuti ishande sengarava yokuchengetera zvinhu nokuda kwokudenha Zeebruggeuye Ostend. Yakadzingwa basa muna May 1918, yakapedza hondo sechiteshi chengarava, uye yakaparadzwa muna 1923. 