HMS Forte was an Astraea-class cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 9 December 1893.

HMS Forte served on the Cape and West African stations.

[5] In 1908, the ship delivered such a terrible result in a gunlayer's test that a Court of Inquiry was convened, leading to the determination that Captain John Green and his officers had failed to provide sufficient training, as they had not appreciated the difficulty of the test procedure.

In 1910 Green ran the cruiser aground, eliciting Their Lordships "severe displeasure for failure to comply with King's Regulations for unseamanlike manner in which the ship was navigated.

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