Fortune was a Hansa A Type cargo ship which was built as Weserstrom in 1944 by J Cockerill SA, Antwerp, Belgium for Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen, Germany.

[2] Weserstrom was a Hansa A Type cargo ship built in 1943 as yard number 701 by J Cockerill SA, Antwerp, Belgium for Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen, Germany.

[4] The Code Letters GJGL and United Kingdom Official Number 180597 were allocated.

[2] On 6 March 1947,[3] Empire Galena was sold to the General Steam Navigation Co Ltd.[4] She was renamed Albatross on 30 July.

[3] On 2 April 1958, Albatross was sold for £51,500 to the National Shipping Lines of South Africa and was renamed Port Capetown..[3] She was sold in 1959 to African Coasters (Pty) Ltd, Durban and renamed Frontier.