IRVINE & COMPANY, WEST HARTLEPOOL
| Name | FORTUNATUS |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Yard Number | 51 |
| Launched | 27/03/1884 |
| Completed | 05/1884 |
| Off. Number | 89464 |
| Engine builder | T. Richardson & Sons, West Hartlepool |
| Engine type | Compound 2 cyl. |
| GRT | 1371 |
| Length (feet) | 245.0 |
| Beam (feet) | 33 |
| First owner | R. Irvine & Co., West Hartlepool (launched for Simpson, Davison & Co.) |
| History | 1896 Red. A/B Helsingborg (N. C. Corfitzon) |
| 1917 A/B Svecia (J. P. Jonsson), Landskrona | |
| 1918 Red. A/B Hallandia (C. H. Nielsen), Halmstad | |
| 1922 Red. A/B Halmstad (J. Lindetof), Halmstad | |
| 1925 Red. A/B Sundsborg (Henning Edling), Helsingborg | |
| 1934 K. A. Andersson, Karlskrona | |
| 1938 MARGARETA, Red. A/B Strim (Sven Salen), Stockholm | |
| Fate | 09/07/1942 torpedoed by Soviet submarine S-7 in Arkosund on Swedish east coast, on passage Germany for Koping with coal. |
Illustration from 'Shipbuilders of the Hartlepools' courtesy of Bert Spaldin
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