Days after the war began , she intercepted a Dutch ship carrying German troops and gold . She then sank the German armed merchant cruiser SMS '' Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse '' off the coast of Spanish Sahara . '' Highflyer '' spent most of the rest of the war on convoy escort duties and was present in Halifax during the Halifax Explosion in late 1917 . She became flagship of the East Indies Station after the war . The ship was sold for scrap in 1921
Halifax Explosion
Halifax Explosion
HMS Highflyer (1898)