Active, on the other hand, remained with the Grand Fleet and both ships played minor roles in the Battle of Jutland the following year.

Shortly after Jutland, Active again became a destroyer leader and escorted the main body of the Grand Fleet during the action of 19 August 1916.

By the end of the year, the ship was assigned to the Dover Patrol and was present during two battles with German destroyers, but was not engaged in either.

[2] The main armament of the Active class consisted of ten breech-loading (BL) four-inch Mk VII guns.

[4] Their secondary armament was four quick-firing (QF) three-pounder 47-millimetre (1.9 in) Vickers Mk I guns and two submerged 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes.

A QF three-inch 20 cwt[Note 1] anti-aircraft gun was added to Active in 1916; Fearless receiving her own two years later.

While returning home the following morning, Amphion accidentally struck a mine on 6 August off the Thames Estuary and sank with the loss of 132 crewmen killed.

The squadron provided close cover for the seaplane carriers of the Harwich Force during the Cuxhaven Raid in late December, but the cruiser was only engaged by several Zeppelins and aircraft without effect.

[9] The ship was transferred to the Grand Fleet in early 1915 and played a minor role in the Battle of Jutland the following year.

[11] On 31 January 1918, she accidentally rammed and sank the submarine HMS K17 at night in poor visibility as part of an incident that sardonically came to be known as the Battle of May Island.

By the end of the year, the ship was assigned to the Dover Patrol and was present during two battles with German destroyers, but was not engaged in either.