did not sight the enemy. Due to the continued submarine threat, the destroyer was transferred to escort duties and along with , was responsible for escorting the first southbound convoy to travel from Lerwick to Immingham on 29 April 1917. Convoys often operated at night and in very difficult conditions, and accidents happened. The vessel was found jointly culpable for a collision with the merchant ship Volute, which was leading a convoy that Radstock and sistership were escorting, on 12 April 1918. Radstock remained part of the Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla at the end of the war. After the Grand Fleet was disbanded, Radstock briefly joined the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla, but on 16 September 1919, the ship was paid off to join Reserve Destroyer Flotilla at the Nore. Shortly afterwards, on 15 October, the ship was recommissioned with Reduced Complement and based at Port Edgar, although still part of the Reserve Fleet. In 1923, the Navy decided to scrap many of the older destroyers, up to and including some of the R-class, in preparation for the introduction of newer and larger vessels. However, it looked as if Radstock was to be retained and, on 2 June 1925, the destroyer, based again at the Nore, undertook an extensive refit in Sheerness. However, having spent so long stored in reserve, the destroyer had deteriorated and was considered by the Admiralty to be in too poor condition to return to operations. On 29 April 1927, Radstock was retired and sold to Thos. W. Ward to be broken up at Grays. Pennant numbers References Notes Bibliography 1916 ships Ships built on the River Tyne R-class destroyers (1916) World War I destroyers of the United Kingdom