M.S. Fortuna

 

Ship details:  

Flag:
Dutch. 

Classification:
N.S.I. 

Dimensions:
L.o.a  44,00 Mtrs. 
Width 7,00 Mtrs. 
Draught 2.25 Mtrs. 

GRT:
340 g.t. 

Speed:
Approx. 10 knots

Technical Equipment:
Main Engine Bolnes 400 Hp. 
Auxiliary Engines. 
02 x Perkins 1995  40 Kva
 

Accommodation:
Large Mess room / Kitchen. 
08 Cabins total 09 Berths. 
01 lift for disabled people. 
Toilets for disabled people.

 Call sign:
PEDJ 

Nautical Equipment:
Raytheon Radar 
Shipmate RS 8000 
Shipmate RS 8300 
Debeg 6322  VHF
Furuno Echo Sounder 
Shipmate RS 5500  GPS 
Autopliot Robertson AP 45
GMDSS + plotter 
Radio Sailor 
Plotter Shipmate RS 2400 GPS colour
Debeg 2900 Navtex receiver
Rudder position indicator
 

Bunker Capacity:
18 tons Fuel 
2 tons Lub-oil. 
10 tons Freshwater. 

The MS Fortuna was used for odd tender and anorak trips to the offshore ships during the 1970s.

Radio station: Radio 10 Gold celebrating its tenth birthday and remembering the offshore stations on 8th August 1998

Location: Off the coast of Scheveningen and IJmuiden (Netherlands)

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