HMS Fortune (1913)

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HMS Fortune, launched on 17th March 1913, was an Acasta-class destroyer.

She joined the 4th Destroyer Flotilla on completion and served with the Grand Fleet on the outbreak of World War I. In summer 1916 she was at the Humber, moving to Portsmouth later and then in 1917 to Devonport. She was a Fairfield Special. The ship was sunk on 31st May 1916 at the battle of Jutland.

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