On 27 March 1918, while laying minefield A34 70 nautical miles north-west of Heligoland, Abdiel, together with HMS Legion 1914 2 , HMS Telemachus 1917 2 , HMS Vanquisher D54 2 , HMS Ariel 1911 2 and HMS Ferret 1911 2 encountered three armed German trawlers, Polarstern, Mars and Scharbentz.