 She was the tenth order in the 1916–1917 programme, ordered on 9 December 1916 from Swan Hunter.She was laid down at Wallsend during July 1917, launched on 25 February 1918 and commissioned on 15 May that year, too late to see active service in the war.In the month of "Wrestler"s commissioning the battleship collided with "Wrestler" and badly damaged her.