HMS Fortune (1913)

HMS Fortune
HMS Fortune in pre-war black paint, and without pennant number
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Fortune
BuilderFairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Yard number488[1]
Launched17 March 1913
FateSunk by SMS Westfalen at Battle of Jutland on 1 June 1916
General characteristics
Class and typeAcasta-class destroyer
Displacement1,072 long tons (1,089 t)
Length267 ft 6 in (81.53 m)
Beam27 ft (8.2 m)
Draught9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
Installed power
  • 4 × Yarrow-type water-tube boilers
  • 24,500 ihp (18,300 kW)
Propulsion
  • Parsons steam turbines
  • 2 shafts
Speed29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Complement73
Armament

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.

  1. ^ "HMS Fortune at Clyde-built database". Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)