''Fortune'' was a Hansa A Type cargo ship which was built as ''Weserstrom'' in 1944 by J Cockerill SA,

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, Germany. She was seized as a prize of war in 1945, passing to the Ministry of War Transport and renamed ''Empire Galena''. She was sold in 1947 and was renamed ''Albatross''. She was sold in 1958 to South Africa and renamed ''Port Capetown''. A further sale in 1959 saw her renamed ''Frontier''. She was sold to Hong Kong in 1966 and was renamed ''Fortune''. She served until 1968 when she was scrapped.

Description

The ship was long, with a beam of . She had a depth of , and a draught of . She was assessed as , , . She had a cargo capacity of . The ship was propelled by a compound steam engine, which had two cylinders of 42 cm (16 inches) and two cylinders of 90 cm (35 inches) diameter by 90 cm (35 inches) stroke. The engine was built by Rheinmetall-Borsig AG, Berlin. Rated at 1,200

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, it drove a single screw propeller and could propel the ship at .

History

''Weserstrom'' was a Hansa A Type cargo ship built in 1943 as yard number 701 by J Cockerill SA,

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

, Belgium for Norddeutscher Lloyd,

, Germany. She was completed in January 1944. Her port of registry was Bremen. In May 1945, ''Weserstrom'' was seized as a prize of war at Kiel. She was passed to the Ministry of War Transport. She was renamed ''Empire Galena''. The

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180597 were allocated. Her port of registry was London and she was operated under the management of W Tulley & Co. Ltd.,

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. On 6 March 1947, ''Empire Galena'' was sold to the General Steam Navigation Co Ltd. She was renamed ''Albatross'' on 30 July. On 2 April 1958, ''Albatross'' was sold for £51,500 to the National Shipping Lines of South Africa and was renamed ''Port Capetown.''. She was sold in 1959 to African Coasters (Pty) Ltd, Durban and renamed ''Frontier''. With their introduction in the 1960s, ''Frontier'' was allocated the IMO Number 5121990. In 1966, ''Frontier'' was sold to Summit Navigation Co., Panama and was renamed ''Fortune''. She was operated under the management of Mollers Ltd, Hong Kong. She served until 1968 and was scrapped at Hong Kong in December.

References

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