EMS

1893 Bygget som EMS ved C. Connell & Company, Glasgow (bnr.200), for James Nourse, London. Sjøsatt 06/04. Overlevert i mai som seilskip m/3-master og stål skrog. Registrert i London.

1897 Overført til disponentene C. A. Hampton & E. Bromehead, London.

1903 James Nourse Ltd etablert som aksjeselskap.

1908 Gikk i opplag i Hamburg, Tyskland i desember.

1909 Innkjøpt av A/S Tønsbergs Hvalfangeri (Oscar Hytten, disponent), Tønsberg for £3.100. Ombygget til hvalkokeri. Inngikk som hjelpekokeri i Husvik Harbour.

1912 Solgt til Acties Rollo (Lars Klaveness som disponent, og C. A. Larsen), Sandefjord for £5.500.

1913 EMS blir flyttet til Grytvika for å avløse NOR som hjelpekokeri.

1916 Solgt til Cia. Argentina de Pesca S.A. i mai for £23,010. Tilbakestilt som transport skip og omdøpt FORTUNA II.

1927 Forlatt brennende 28/10 og etter en eksplosjon i et rom, sank hun 20 n.mil NØ av Arklow Bank Light, Ireland, under en reise fra Liverpool, England til South Georgia med en last kull på 3,000 tonn. Fem av mannskapet omkom (se 'Egne fortellinger'

1893 Built as EMS by C. Connell & Company, Glasgow, Yard No.200, for James Nourse, London. Launched on 06/04. Handed over to her owners in month of May as a Steel Sailing Vessel 3 Masted Ship registered with London as homeport.

1897 Transferred to management of C A Hampton & E Bromehead, London.

1903 James Nourse Ltd established as a limited company.

1908 Laid up at Hamburg in December.

1909 Purchased by A/S Tønsbergs Hvalfangeri (Oscar Hytten, mgr.), Tønsberg for £3,100. Converted to a whale oil factory ship. Used as auxiliary cookery at the shore based whaling station in Husvik Harbour.

1912 Sold to Acties Rollo (Lars Klaveness as mgr., and C. A. Larsen), Sandefjord for £5,500.

1913 EMS moved shifted to Grytvika to release the NOR as auxiliary cookery.

1916 Purchased by Cia. Argentina de Pesca S.A. in May for £23,010. Re-converted to a transport vessel and renamed FORTUNA II.

1927 Abandoned 28/10-1927 on fire and after a following explosion in the hold, she sunk 20 miles N.E. by East off Arklow Bank Light, Ireland, whilst on passage from Liverpool, England to South Georgia with a load of 3,000 tons of coal. Five causalities.

Fra Østlandsposten 01/11-1927

The sailing ship 'Fortuna', which was on its way to South Georgia with a cargo of coal, has been abandoned by the crew after an explosion in the cargo. On the way to land, the lifeboat was filled by a sea and five of the crew drowned, while 21 were rescued. Most of the crew were Norwegian. 'Fortuna' was Argentine and measured 1793 br. tons. It sailed from Liverpool on October 23.

The ship belonged to the Argentine whaling company 'Compania Argentina de Pesca' and was commanded by Captain Larsen, Virik, Sandefjord. The entire crew was Norwegian as close as a man who was Swedish. The deceased are the following: Steward Gustav Adolf Hansen, Sandefjord, sailors Arthur Andersen, Haugen, Jåberg, Adolf Karlsen, Drammen and deck boys Jonsrud from Vaale and Thoralf Moe, Sandefjord