Twenty-two ships of the

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have borne the name HMS ''Fortune'': * was a ship in service in 1512. * was a ship in service in 1522. * was a ship, formerly the French ''Fortunee''. She was captured in 1627 and last appears on navy lists in 1635. * was a 12-gun

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ship, captured by the Parliamentarians in 1644 and renamed ''Robert''. She was captured by Irish Royalists in 1649. * 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. * was a ship captured in 1651, and captured in 1652 by the Dutch. * was a 10-gun

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captured in 1652 and last listed in 1653. * was a 32-gun ship, formerly the French ''Fortunee''. She was captured in 1653 and sold in 1654. * was a 6-gun fireship captured in 1666 and expended later that year. * was a 4-gun

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captured from the Dutch in 1666 and sunk as a

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in 1667. * was an 8-gun flyboat captured from the Dutch in 1672 and sold in 1674. * was a storeship purchased in 1699 and wrecked in 1700. * was a storeship captured in 1700 and still on navy lists in 1702. * was a 24-gun storeship launched in 1709 and sold in 1713. * HMS ''Fortune'' was a 14-gun

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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. * was a 10-gun

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purchased in 1770 and still in service in 1772. * 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

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under the name ''Courrier de Lorieint'' (and later ''Courrier de Lorient No.3''), serving out of

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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. She was put up for sale at Havre in December 1788 and sold in January 1789 to Mr. Ruellan.Demerliac (1996), p.216, #2208. * was a 14-gun sloop captured from the Americans in 1779 and lost in 1780. * was a 14-gun brig-sloop launched in 1780 and wrecked in 1797. * was an 18-gun sloop captured from the French in 1798 and recaptured by them in 1799. * was an launched in 1913 and sunk at the

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in 1916. * was an F-class destroyer launched in 1934. She was transferred to the

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in 1943 as , and was broken up in 1946.

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* *Demerliac, Alain (1996) ''La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792''. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA). * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fortune, Hms Royal Navy ship names

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