The destroyer saw service escorting convoys in the English Channel and encountered both German submarines and torpedo boats, but did not record any hits on the enemy.

[1] The design was generally similar to the preceding M-class, but differed in having geared steam turbines, the aft gun mounted on a raised platform and minor changes to improve seakeeping.

[3] A total of 296 long tons (301 t) of fuel oil was carried which gave a design range of 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).

[4] Armament consisted of three QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk IV guns on the ship's centreline, with one on the forecastle, one aft on a raised platform and one between the second and third funnels.

[6] Laid down by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company at their shipyard in Hebburn on 10 April 1916, Stork was launched on 25 November 1916 and completed on 1 February the following year.

[8] Stork was deployed as an escort for the Dutch traffic, convoys of merchant ships which crossed the English Channel between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

Stork formed part of a force of 165 Royal Navy vessels, including the monitors Erebus and Terror sent to bombard the town.

[15] Later that year, on 18 August, Stork formed part of an escort for destroyers towing lighters which carried Thornycroft Coastal Motor Boats, Curtis Large American flying boats and Sopwith Camels with the aim of attacking German assets close to the Western European coast.

The navy needed to reduce both the number of ships and the amount of staff to save money and decided to scrap many of the older destroyers in preparation for the introduction of newer and larger vessels.