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HMS Forester (1911)

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on 31 May 1916. She was one of seven destroyers to go with the First Destroyer Flotilla when it was transferred from the Grand Fleet to screen the
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was struck a mine in the English Channel. Four people died, but the greater part of the crew took to the lifeboats and were picked up by
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In common with most of her class, she was laid up after World War I, and on 4 November 1921 she was sold to Rees of
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BBC Your Paintings website entry about this painting retrieved 9 June 2013. Museum accession 1993.59
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was present at the entry of the Allied Fleet through the Dardanelles on 12 November 1918.
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From 1917 the Third Battle Squadron was deployed to the Mediterranean.
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the next day. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.
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She was present with First Destroyer Flotilla on 28 August 1914 at the
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tubes and had a complement of 72 men. She was launched on 1 June 1911.
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On 24 January 1915, the First Destroyer Flotilla, including
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She was built under the 1910-11 shipbuilding programme by
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and was sold for breaking in 1921. She was the ninth
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Index

HMS Forester

Royal Navy Ensign
J. Samuel White & Company
Cowes
Acheron-class destroyer
BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns
QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
21 inch (533 mm)
torpedoes
Acheron-class destroyer
Royal Navy
World War I
Royal Navy
forester
J. Samuel White & Company
Cowes
21 inch (533 mm)
torpedo
First Destroyer Flotilla
British Grand Fleet
Battle of Heligoland Bight
light cruiser Fearless
Battle of Dogger Bank
Aurora
German
Blücher
Battle of Jutland
Third Battle Squadron
Portland Bill

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