 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chikwata ichi chakaumbwa muna Zvita 1904 apo Cruiser Squadron yakatumidzwazve kuti 1st Cruiser Squadron. Muna March 1909, ipapo yaisanganisira battlecruisers, yakapiwa 1st Division of the Home Fleet kusvikira April 1912. Apo Hondo Yenyika I yakatanga, boka racho rakagoverwa kuMediterranean Fleet uko rakabatanidzwa mukutsvakarengarava yehondo yeGermany uye ngarava yechiedza. Zvadaro akabatana Grand Fleet muna January 1915 apo kwaakabatanidzwa muhondo Dogger Bank uye Hondo Jutland. Yakaparadzwa pashure pehondo sezvo matatu engarava dzayo ina akanga anyudzwa muna June 1916. Muna Chikunguru 1917 H.M. Ngarava, uye dzakabviswa kubva ku3rd Light Cruiser Squadron ndokutumidzwa zita rekuti First Cruiser Squadron, chikamu cheiyo ichangobva kuumbwa Light Cruiser Force. Rakaramba riri chikamu cheLight Cruiser Force kusvikira muna April 1919 apo rakanga raparadzwa zvakare. 