"Minerva" escorted a troop convoy from Britain to Egypt in November 1914, and formed part of the Allied naval forces supporting the Gallipoli Campaign. When the Turkish torpedo-boat "Demirhisar" attempted to attack Allied troop ships near Chios on 16 April 1915, "Minerva", together with the destroyers "Jed", "Kennet" and "Wear", forced "Demirhisar" to run aground, where the Turkish torpedo boat was later destroyed. "Minerva" supported the landing at Cape Helles in April and at Suvla Bay in August.