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HMS Fortune |
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HMS Fortune Laid Down : 25th July 1933 Launched : 29th August 1934 Completed : 27th April 1935 Type : Destroyer Class : F Builder : John Brown Country : UK Pennants : H70 Fate : To Canada (Saskatchewan) 3rd June 1943. Later became : HMCS Saskatchewan |
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  HMS Fortune, July 1935. |
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29th August 1934 - Launched 29th August 1934 - Pennant H70 11th February 1935 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla 27th April 1935 - Sailed the Clyde for Sheerness 11th February 1936 - Sailed Gibraltar 7th March 1936 - Sailed UK for Malta 2nd April 1936 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla 30th May 1936 - Arrived Mersa Matruh 20th July 1936 - Arrived Sheerness 19th April 1937 - Arrived La Rochelle 25th April 1937 - Arrived St. Jean de Luz 29th June 1937 - Arrived Bristol 22nd July 1937 - Sailed Portland for Sheerness 23rd July 1937 - Arrived Sheerness 22nd October 1937 - Sailed Gibraltar January 1938 - 6th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet 30th March 1938 - Arrived Sheerness 20th April 1938 - Cdr. C.T.M. Pizey in Command 17th January 1939 - Sailed Sheerness 22nd January 1939 - Arrived Bordeaux 26th January 1939 - Sailed Bordeaux 15th July 1939 - Cdr. Edward Albert Gibbs, RN In Command 30th July 1939 - Sailed Sheerness August 1939 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet 15th August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for exercises 21st August 1939 - Arrived Invergordon 27th August 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 31st August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow. Deployed in the North Sea between the Orkneys and Norway. 3rd September 1939 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla, Division 16, Home Fleet, Scapa Flow 6th September 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 20th September 1939 - Sank U-27 west of the Hebrides.(Tarrant) 1st October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Loch Ewe 2nd October 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 8th October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow 31st October 1939 - At Clyde for repairs 2nd November 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe for Convoy Cover 9th November 1939 - Arrived Rosyth for refuelling 12th November 1939 - Sailed Rosyth to carry out full calibre firings before proceeding on patrol between the Faroes and Norway 21st November 1939 - Arrived in the Clyde from Loch Ewe 23rd November 1939 - Detached to Pentland Firth Patrol 23rd November 1939 - Detached to Pentland Firth Patrol 23rd November 1939 - Sailed the Clyde for a position off the Norwegian coast 28th November 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 28th November 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 30th November 1939 - At Liverpool repairing 30th November 1939 - Attacked a submarine contact in 59N, 4W 1st December 1939 - Arrived the Clyde from Scapa Flow for repairs 1st December 1939 - Arrived Rosyth 3rd December 1939 - Repairing weather damage 31st December 1939 - At Liverpool with defects 10th January 1940 - Sailed the Clyde to escort HMS Canton 11th January 1940 - Sailed Liverpool for Glasgow 14th January 1940 - Sailed Greenock on patrol 17th January 1940 - Sent to search for U-Boat seven miles 10° of Muckle Flugga 17th January 1940 - Arrived at Scapa Flow 18th January 1940 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla 18th January 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow 24th January 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow. Detached same day 24th January 1940 - Arrived in the Clyde from patrol. 2nd February 1940 - Sailed Greenock for an anti-submarine sweep towards the Mull of Kintyre 7th February 1940 - Arrived in the Clyde 8th February 1940 - Sailed The Clyde on patrol 15th February 1940 - At sea near Pentland Firth covering Operation DT 19th February 1940 - Sailed the Clyde 21st February 1940 - Hunted a submarine ENE of Muckle Flugga 24th February 1940 - Arrived Greenock. 1st March 1940 - Investigated a submarine reported seven miles 254° from Ailsa Craig 2nd March 1940 - Sailed the Clyde escorting RMS Queen Elizabeth 3rd March 1940 - Arrived Belfast to escort dummy aircraft carrier HERMES (decoy ship MAMARI) 4th March 1940 - Sailed Belfast escorting dummy aircraft carrier HERMES (decoy ship MAMARI) 5th March 1940 - Arrived Greenock 5th March 1940 - Arrived in the Clyde 5th March 1940 - Sailed Greenock screening AMCs for firing drills 7th March 1940 - Sailed The Clyde 9th March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 12th March 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow to join Convoy ON.19 12th March 1940 - Sailed the Clyde for Scapa Flow 14th March 1940 - Sailed Bergen escorting Convoy HN.19 14th March 1940 - Arrived Bergen with Convoy ON.19 17th March 1940 - Arrived Scapa Flow 19th March 1940 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla 19th March 1940 - Sailed Scapa Flow 19th March 1940 - Covered Convoys HN.20 and ON.21 and Operation DU Activities 20th March 1940 - Dropped three depth charges on a submarine contact northeast of Muckle Flugga 1st April 1940 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla, 16th Division 1st April 1940 - Cdr. E.A. Gibbs in Command 2nd November 1940 - Lt.Cdr. Erroll Norman Sinclair, RN In Command 7th October 1941 - Lt.Cdr. Richard Dickon Herbert Stephen Pankhurst, RN In Command 1943 - Transferred to RCN | |||
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