Fortuyn (also spelled Fortuin) was a ship owned by the Chamber of Amsterdam of the Dutch East India Company (, commonly abbreviated to VOC) that was lost on its maiden voyage in 1723. It set sail for Batavia from Texel in the Netherlands on 27 September 1723. The ship reached the Cape of Good Hope on 2 January 1724, and continued on its voyage on 18 January. Fortuyn was never seen again and its fate is a matter of speculation. It was approximately 800 tons with a carrying capacity of 280 tons and long. On its maiden voyage it was commanded by Pieter Westrik and had a crew of 225 men. Location Although VOC ships were not supposed to run within sight of the South Land (Australia) at that time of the year, it may have inadvertently sailed too far east and been wrecked off the Western Australian coast. Wreckage sighted in the Houtman Abrolhos by survivors of in 1727, and by in 1840, could have been from Fortuyn, or alternatively from , that disappeared in 1694, or less likely that disappeared in 1726. The Australian National Shipwreck Database records the ship as "possibly wrecked near Cocos Island". See also List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea References Further reading 1720s missing person cases 1720s ships Lost sailing vessels Maritime incidents in 1724 Missing ships of Australia People lost at sea Ships lost with all hands Ships of the Dutch East India Company Shipwrecks of Western Australia