 "Hindustan" served there until she was detached in February 1918 to serve as a depot ship for the raids on Zeebrugge and Ostend.Decommissioned in May 1918, she finished the war as a barracks ship, and was broken up in 1923.Following the development of pre-dreadnought type battleships carrying heavy secondary guns of diameter in the Italian "Regia Marina" and the United States Navy, the Royal Navy decided to build similar ships.