misidentified as being of a substantial size, despite being in reality no more than no more than ten vessels. The search did not lead to any contact. After the war, the destroyer remained with the Tenth Destroyer Flotilla. Taurus was reduced to the Reserve Fleet at Devonport on 16 October 1919 as a tender to the depot ship Woolwich and sold to Metal Industries of Charleston to be broken up on 18 February 1930. Pennant numbers References Citations Bibliography 1917 ships R-class destroyers (1916) Ships built by John I. Thornycroft & Company