They engaged German and Austro -- Hungarian submarines on 38 occasions failing however to sink any .
By the end of the war ships belonging to the squadron had accompanied 788 Allied ships , including transports carrying 700,000 troops .
troops engaged German and Austro -- Hungarian submarines on 38 occasions failing however to sink any .
By the end of the war ships belonging to the squadron had accompanied 788 Allied ships , including transports carrying 700,000 troops .