| Name: | BALUCHISTAN |
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 15/12/1955 |
| Completed: | 29/05/1956 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 585 |
| Dimensions: | 8370grt, 4827nrt, 510.4 x 62.5 x 26.6ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, Doxford type, 2SCSA, 6cyl (670 x 2320mm), 6800bhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 187401 |
| History: | |
| 29/05/1956 | Strick Line Ltd (FC Strick & Co Ltd), London |
| 01/05/1972 | Managers became P&O General Cargo Division |
| 19/04/1973 | Peninsular & Orient Steam Navigation Co, London |
| 18/04/1975 | Renamed STRATHAIRLIE |
| 26/08/1977 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 26/08/1977: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up |
| 08/1977: Broken up by Tien Cheng Steel Manufacturing Co |
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