| Name: | FORTUNATUS |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 10/09/1901 |
| Completed: | 10/1901 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 718 |
| Dimensions: | 3425grt, 2135nrt, 345.0 x 47.6 x 22.7ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 41 & 68 x 48ins), 390nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 101739 |
| History: | |
| 10/1901 | A Currie & Co, Melbourne |
| 30/07/1907 | Sank |
| Comments: | 30/07/1907: Destroyed by fire 800 miles SSE of Ceylon |
| On a voyage from Calcutta to Melbourne with general cargo |
Above photo courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 11/09/1901