HMS Fortune (1913) | |
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HMS Fortune HMS Fortune in pre-war black paint, and without pennant number | |
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Name: | HMS Fortune |
Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
Yard number: | 488[1] |
Launched: | 17 March 1913 |
Fate: | Sunk by Westfalen at Battle of Jutland on 1 June 1916 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Acasta-class destroyer |
Displacement: | 935 tons |
Length: | 267 ft 6 in (81.53 m) |
Beam: | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Draught: | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
Installed power: | 24,500 ihp (18,300 kW) |
Propulsion: |
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Speed: | 29 kn (54 km/h) |
Complement: | 75 |
Armament: |
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HMS Fortune was an Acasta-class destroyer, and the twenty-first ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. She was launched in 1913 and was sunk at the battle of Jutland in 1916.
Pennant Numbers[edit | edit source]
Pennant Number[2] | From | To |
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H30 | 6 December 1914 | 31 May 1916 |
Construction[edit | edit source]
She was laid down under the 1911–1912 construction programme by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company and launched on 17 March 1913.[2] She was temporarily renamed HMS Kismet in October 1913, but this was reverted shortly afterwards.[2]
Career[edit | edit source]
She joined the 4th Destroyer Flotilla on completion and served with the Grand Fleet on the outbreak of World War I.
Loss[edit | edit source]
She was sunk on 1 June 1916 at the Battle of Jutland, under command of Lt Cdr F G Terry. About 11:30pm she came under heavy fire from German battleships, including SMS Westfalen.[3] Hits from the secondary armament of Westfalen caused overwhelming damage and she went down on fire with 67 men. One man was rescued.[1] The wrecksite is designated as a protected place[4] under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "HMS Fortune at Clyde-built database". http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=290. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 ""Arrowsmith" List: Royal Navy WWI Destroyer Pendant Numbers". http://www.gwpda.org/naval/s0450000.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ "Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk website - Destroyers before 1918". http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/destroyers_before_1900.htm. Retrieved 2000-02-27.
- ↑ "Statutory Instrument 2008/0950". Office of Public Sector Information, 1 April 2008. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20080950_en_1. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
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