 S class pakutanga yaizivikanwa se Modified Trenchant class yaiva kirasi yezvikepe zvinoparadza 67 zvakarayirwa kuRoyal Navy muna 1917. Vakaona basa rinoshanda mumwedzi yokupedzisira yeHondo Yenyika I uye muRussia neIrelandHondo Dzemagakava mukati memakore apakuvamba ama1920. Zvizhinjisa zvakapinzwa muboka ravarwi nechepakati pama1920 uye zvakabva zvaparadzwa pasi pemitemo yeLondon Naval Treaty. Vapukunyuki vane gumi nomumwe vakaona chiito chikuru mukati meHondo yeNyika II. 