Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. HMS Fearless was an Active-class scout cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built at Pembroke Dockyard and launched on 12 June 1912. On commissioning she was assigned to the Harwich Force with her sisters, and was the leader of the 1st Destroyer Flotilla. She led the flotilla in the Battle of Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914 and at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May - 1 June 1916. Later in 1916 she was made the leader of the 12th submarine flotilla of the Grand Fleet, made up of the notoriously accident prone K-class steam submarines.