dˈʊɹɹɪŋ wˈɜːld wˈɔːɹ ˈaɪ, ðə ʃˈɪp ɛskˈɔːɹɾᵻd ˈɪndiən tɹˈuːp kˈɑːnvɔɪz fɹʌm bˈɑːmbeɪ tʊ ˈeɪdən fɹʌm sɛptˈɛmbɚ noʊvˈɛmbɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹtiːn, wˌɛn ðə dᵻstɹˈʌkʃən ʌvðə dʒˈɜːmən lˈaɪt kɹˈuːzɚ , wˌɪtʃ hɐdbɪn ɹˈeɪdɪŋ ɪnðɪ ˈɪndiən ˈoʊʃən, mˌeɪd ðɪs ˈɛskɔːɹt dˈuːɾi ʌnnˈɛsᵻsɚɹi.
During World War I, the ship escorted Indian troop convoys from Bombay to Aden from September–November 1914, when the destruction of the German light cruiser , which had been raiding in the Indian Ocean, made this escort duty unnecessary.