A full load of 301 long tons (306 t) of fuel oil was carried, which gave a design range of 2,750 nautical miles (5,090 km; 3,160 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).

[8] The ship was designed to mount two additional 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes either side of the superstructure but this required the forecastle plating to be cut away, causing excess water to come aboard at sea, so they were not carried.

[10] Laid down in April 1918 by Fairfield at their dockyard in Govan, Spindrift, the first Royal Navy ship to be given the name, was launched on 30 December after the Armistice of 11 November 1918 that ended the war.

[12] However, with the end of the conflict, the Royal Navy returned to a peacetime level of strength and both the number of ships and personnel needed to be reduced to save money.

[13] Spindrift was deemed superfluous to requirements as part of the front-line fleets and reduced to reserve on 14 August, serving as a tender at Devonport under the dreadnought Colossus.

[17] On 22 April 1930, the United Kingdom had signed the London Naval Treaty, which limited the total destroyer tonnage that the navy could operate.The S class was deemed out of date and ripe to be replaced with larger more modern ships.