[3] The ships displaced 1,072 long tons (1,089 t) at deep load and their crew numbered 73 officers and ratings.

The engines developed a total of 24,500 shaft horsepower (18,300 kW) and were designed for a speed of 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph).

[4] The primary armament of the ships consisted of three BL 4-inch (102 mm) Mk VIII guns in single, unprotected pivot mounts.

Lynx left Cromarty with two half-divisions of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla on 15 December 1914 as part of the response to the German bombardment of Scarborough.

[6][7] On 9 August 1915 Lynx struck a mine off the Moray Firth by the German raider Meteor and sank.