[1] Propulsion was provided by three Yarrow-made boilers connected to Parsons geared turbines, which supplied 10,000 shaft horsepower to the three propellers.

[2] On 7 July 1917, Huon met her five sister ships off the Cocos Islands, with the six vessels sailing to the Mediterranean via Diego Garcia.

[2] Huon joined the escort of a convoy from Port Said to Malta, and arrived on 20 August, after which the destroyer was docked for a month-long refit.

[2] On 9 August 1918, while operating in the Straits of Otranto, Huon collided with sister ship HMAS Yarra.

[2] While in drydock, the ship was hit by the 1918 flu pandemic: four stokers and a lieutenant died from influenza between late October and early November.

[2] Released on 28 February, Huon joined her sister ships and the cruiser HMAS Melbourne for the voyage to Australia.

[4][5] Huon recommissioned at Sydney on 1 August 1919,[6] and operated in local waters over the course of the next year, including a stint escorting the battlecruiser HMS Renown during the visit of Edward, Prince of Wales in early 1920.

[2] On 10 April 1931, the destroyer was towed out to sea off Sydney, and was used as a gunnery target ship by Australia, Canberra, Anzac, and Albatross, before being scuttled[2] in 33°58′S 151°36′E / 33.967°S 151.600°E / -33.967; 151.600.