 Torpedoes were not available for this class of ship, and for this reason these ships were initially named 'scouts' rather than 'destroyers'.On 21 October 1912, under the command of Commander A. Vratsanos, RHN, "Ierax" was part of the Greek flotilla that captured the island of Psara from the Ottomans.During World War I, Greece belatedly entered the war on the side of the Triple Entente and, due to Greece's neutrality the four "Aetos"-class ships were seized by the Allies in October 1916, taken over by the French in November, and served in the French Navy from 1917-18.