HMS Fortune

Twenty-two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fortune:

  • HMS Fortune (1512) was a ship in service in 1512.
  • HMS Fortune (1522) was a ship in service in 1522.
  • HMS Fortune (1627) was a ship, formerly the French Fortunee. She was captured in 1627 and last appears on navy lists in 1635.
  • HMS Fortune (1649) was a 12-gun Royalist ship, captured by the Parliamentarians in 1644 and renamed Robert. She was captured by Irish Royalists in 1649.
  • HMS Fortune (1644) was a 12-gun Royalist ship purchased in 1644 and captured that year by the Parliamentarians. She was renamed Dove, and was lost in 1650.
  • HMS Fortune (1651) was a ship captured in 1651, and captured in 1652 by the Dutch.
  • HMS Fortune (1652) was a 10-gun fireship captured in 1652 and last listed in 1653.
  • HMS Fortune (1653) was a 32-gun ship, formerly the French Fortunee. She was captured in 1653 and sold in 1654.
  • HMS Fortune (1666 fireship) was a 6-gun fireship captured in 1666 and expended later that year.
  • HMS Fortune (1666 flyboat) was a 4-gun flyboat captured from the Dutch in 1666 and sunk as a blockship in 1667.
  • HMS Fortune (1672) was an 8-gun flyboat captured from the Dutch in 1672 and sold in 1674.
  • HMS Fortune (1699) was a storeship purchased in 1699 and wrecked in 1700.
  • HMS Fortune (1700) was a storeship captured in 1700 and still on navy lists in 1702.
  • HMS Fortune (1709) was a 24-gun storeship launched in 1709 and sold in 1713.
  • HMS Fortune was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1744. She was captured by the French in 1745, was recaptured as an 18-gun sloop in 1746, and had been renamed HMS Fortune by 1756. She was converted to a fireship in 1759 and was sold in 1770.
  • HMS Fortune (1770) was a 10-gun brig-sloop purchased in 1770 and still in service in 1772.
  • HMS Fortune (1778) was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1778 and captured by the French in April 1780 and served with the French navy under the same name. In October 1783 she became a packet ship under the name Courrier de Lorieint (and later Courrier de Lorient No.3), serving out of Lorient on the line Lorient-New York. In January 1787 she was transferred to the Régie des Paquebots, for whom she served on the Havre-New York line.[1] She was put up for sale at Havre in December 1788 and sold in January 1789 to Mr. Ruellan.[2]
  • HMS Fortune (1779) was a 14-gun sloop captured from the Americans in 1779 and lost in 1780.
  • HMS Fortune (1780) was a 14-gun brig-sloop launched in 1780 and wrecked in 1797.
  • HMS Fortune (1798) was an 18-gun sloop captured from the French in 1798 and recaptured by them in 1799.
  • HMS Fortune (1913) was an Acasta-class destroyer launched in 1913 and sunk at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
  • HMS Fortune (H70) was an F-class destroyer launched in 1934. She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1943 as HMCS Saskatchewan, and was broken up in 1946.

See also

Citations

  1. Demerliac (1996), p.74, #472.
  2. Demerliac (1996), p.216, #2208.

References

  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  • Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA). ISBN 2-906381-23-3
  • Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
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