that it was the battleship . Mooring at Trafford Wharf, members of the public were allowed to board the ships over three days. The visit coincided with Empire Day and generated much excitement, with 80,000 people visiting the docks on a single day and an estimated 100,000 being turned away due to overcrowding. Another refit took place at Chatham in September 1912 and it returned there in December. A visit to Sheerness with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla followed prior to the group returning to its Portland base in January 1913. Nubian had come top of its class in the 1912 battle practice (long range firing under war conditions), scoring 102 points. Some of the flotilla, including Nubian, visited Bantry Bay and Queenstown in February 1913 during exercises. They returned to Sheerness and then to Chatham in March. The ship took part in further exercises later that year, at Fortrose and at Longhope, Orkney, before returning to Portland. In November, she acted as a tow for kites being used as targets in anti-aircraft gun tests at Needles Battery on the Isle of Wight, where her speed was remarked on. The Admiralty reported that she was among the top placed ships of that year's battle practice. By February 1914, Nubian and seven other Tribal-class destroyers were part of the Third Destroyer Flotilla but none were so for long. In May 1914, Nubian became a tender for the gunnery establishment . Nubian was among the ships that successfully hunted the German submarine in March 1915, although the fatal blows were delivered by Ghurka and . A month later, it was reported that she had been among many ships that participated in a bombardment of German positions on the coast of Belgium during October–November 1914. Torpedoing and reconstruction During the Battle of Dover Strait, on the night of 26–27 October 1916 off Folkestone Nubians bow was almost severed by a German torpedo that exploded almost under her bridge. She was taken in tow but the tow-ropes severed in the bad weather conditions and she ran aground on the South Foreland, near Dover. The bow then parted completely on a chalk reef and the remainder of the ship was driven under a cliff. Two of the crew of Nubian died and a further thirteen were missing, believed killed. Nubian was eventually refloated when a cutting was blasted through the rocks. Another Tribal-class destroyer, Zulu, had