The Hamburg schooner FORTUNA was built at Finkenwerder, by Wrede, in 1839 [Bielbrief (certificate of registry) 29 November 1839]. 48 Commerzlasten; 64 x 23.6 x 11 Hamburg Fuß (1 Hamburg Fuß = .28657 meter) length x beam x depth of hold.

Owners:
     1839-1847               - Johann Christian Pflugk
     1847-24 Oct 1850        - Johann Christian Pflugks Erben
     24 Oct 1850-12 Jun 1852 - Friedrich Pieper
     12 Jun 1852-31 Jan 1854 - David Pieper
     31 Jan 1854-1862        - Hans Pieper (David Pieper's father)

Masters:
     1839-1849 - J. J. Krüger
     1840-1850 - J. Vil
     1851-1852 - J. Witt
     1852-1855 - F. Pieper
     1855-1856 - D. Pieper
     1857-1860 - J. F. Kock
     1860-1862 - F. Pieper

Voyages:
     1839/1840 - Plymouth/Sunderland
     1840      - Le Havre
     1840      - Hull/Middlesborough
     1840      - New Ray/Malaga
     1840/1841 - Bilbao/Cap Haitien
     1841      - Dublin/Alicante
     1842      - Leith/St Davids, Scotland
     1842      - Hull
     1842/1843 - San Jose, Guatemala/Liverpool
     1843      - Newcastle upon Tyne/St Uebes (Setubal)
     1843/1844 - Sierra Leone
     1844/1845 - San Jose, Guatemala/Alicante
     1845/1847 - La Plata/intermediate ports/Stockton
     1847/1850 - La Plata/Antwerp/intermediate ports/New York (1849)/Aux Cayes, Haiti
     1851      - Para
     1851/1852 - St Thomas/Santo Domingo
     1852/1856 - Rio Grande do Sul/Antwerp/intermediate ports/Penryn, England
     1857/1861 - Buenos Aires/intermediate ports/Cardiff
     1861/1862 - St Uebes (Setubal)/intermediate ports/Falmouth/intermediate ports ...

The FORTUNA was wrecked on (Grand) Turk Island, in the Bahamas, in 1862.

Source: Walter Kresse, ed., Seeschiffs-Verzeichnis der Hamburger Reedereien, 1824-1888, Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, N. F., Bd. 5 (Hamburg: Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, 1969), vol 2, pp. 109-110, 113.