 In the resulting Battle off Durazzo, "Dartmouth" scored several hits on the Austrian cruiser .On 14/15 May 1917, "Dartmouth" took part in the Battle of the Otranto Straits.A force of three Austro-Hungarian cruisers ("Helgoland", and carried out an attack on the drifters of the Otranto Barrage, while two destroyers and carried out a diversionary attack against merchant shipping off Albania.