SS Fortuna [+1916] WRECK

SS Fortuna [+1916] WRECK

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SS Fortuna [+1916]

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nationality:
dutch
purpose: transport
type: cargo
propulsion: steamer
date built: 1912
status:
live live
details
weight (tons): 1254  grt
dimensions: 80,01 x 10,97 x 4,88 m
engine: triple expansion
power: 800  i.h.p.
speed: 9.5  knots
about the loss
cause lost: mine
date lost: 22/10/1916  [dd/mm/yyyy]
casualties:
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builder:
Rijkee & Co. N. V., Rotterdam
owner:
Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mij. (K.N.S.M.), Amsterdam
captain:
about the wreck
depth: 30 max. / 24 min. (m)
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updates
entered by: Lettens Jan
entered: 01/07/2002
last update: Lettens Jan
last update: 21/10/2009
 
 
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Lettens Jan01/10/2009
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system:WGS84
division:1'=1000
accuracy:precise 10m~40m
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Method: Electronic Distance Measuring System Quality: Surveyed Accuracy: 25 m
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Lettens Jan06/08/2007

Holed at the stern it is possible to enter her, take care because of silting, she is still intact, portholes are still visible, bear bottles can be found in the wheel house at the rear.

Lettens Jan01/10/2009

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Lettens Jan06/08/2007Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij; 1913; N.V. Werf Rijkee & Co; 1.254 tons; 251.4x36.2x16; 150 nhp; triple expansion engines. The Dutch steamship Fortuna was bound from Rotterdam to Cardiff on October 22nd, 1916, when she struck a mine laid by the Germane minelaying submarine UC-16. She sank nine miles S.W. of Beachy Head, with the loss of 15 of her crew.
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Clips from a Meridian Divers trip to the Fortuna
copyrights: Tad Taberer
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[2]  www.meridiandivers..
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