| Name: | EMPIRE FORTUNE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 09/11/1942 |
| Completed: | 01/1943 |
| Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 531 |
| Dimensions: | 6140grt, 4103nrt, 405.8 x 55.5 x 32.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24, 41 & 68 x 48ins), 508mn |
| Engines by: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 169049 |
| History: | |
| 31/12/1942 | Ministry of War Transport, South Shields |
| 1943 | Government of The Netherlands; renamed VAN HONTHORST |
| 1943 | Managed by Stoomv Maats, Rotterdam |
| 1946 | NV Halcyon-Lijn, Rotterdam; renamed STAD SCHIEDAM |
| 19/01/1962 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 19/01/1962: Broken up at Bruges by Van Heyghen Freres |
Above photo as STAD SCHIEDAM is courtesy of Stuart Smith