FORTUNE

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Destroyer

Nickname

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Ship Class

Acasta class

Grouping

4th Destroyer Flotilla

Command

Grand Fleet

Builder's Yard

Fairfield shipbuilding and Engineering company, Govan

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

Temporarily renamed HMS Kismet in October 1913.

Date Laid Down

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Launch Date

17.03.2013

Completed date

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Commission date

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Year laid down

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Year launched

1913

Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

H30

Photo Details

HMS Fortune (1913) by Royal Navy - NavyPhotos.co.uk. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Related stories

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Sister ships

Acasta, Achastes, Ambuscade, Christopher, Contest, Garland, Hardy, Midge, Owl, Porpoise, Shark, Sparrowhawk, Spitfire, Unity

Eventual Fate

Sunk at Jutland

Jutland result

HMS Fortune went down around 23:30 with 67 men after heavy fire from a number of battleships including SMS Westfalen.There was only man who was rescued.

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Lieutenant-Commander Frank G. Terry

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

75

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

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Wounded

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Prisoners

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Displacement full Load (tons)

935

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

297' 6"

Length (mtrs)

81.53

Beam (ft)

27'

Beam (mtrs)

8.2

Draught (ft)

10' 6"

Draught (mtrs)

3.2

Max. Speed (knots)

29

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

2 shaft. Yarrow boilers. Parson steam turbines. Rating 24,500 ihp.

Armour Main Belt

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Deck Armour

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Turret Armour IN CM

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Conning Tower Armour

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Barbette Armour

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Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

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Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

QF 4" (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark IV guns mountingg P Mk. IX

No. Primary Turrets

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Guns (No.barrels)

3

Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

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Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

QF 2 pounder "Pom pom" Mk II

Guns (No.barrels) 2

1

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

Three QF 4" L / 40 Mk IV guns (101.6 mm) on mounting P Mk.X. One QF 2 pdr Pom Pom Mk II gun

Elevation (degrees)

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Gunnery Range (yards)

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Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

21"

No. tubes

2

Torpedo Type MM

533 mm

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

single mounts

References & sources

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