 The ships were all commissioned on 27 January 1920 in U.K., and sailed for Australia the following month, arriving in Sydney on 29 April 1920.They spent much of their careers in reserve or operating close to Sydney; "Stalwart" visited New Guinea in June–July 1924. and "Tattoo" made a trip to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in September 1932.All were sold for scrapping on 4 June 1937 and were broken up at Penguin Ltd., of Balmain; the hulks of "Swordsman" and "Stalwart" were scuttled off Sydney in 1939.