| Name: | BALACLAVA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 02/08/1856 |
| Completed: | 09/1856 |
| Builder: | T & W Smith |
| Yard: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 272bm, 140.0 x 20.5 x 12.5ft |
| Engines: | 2Icyl, 40nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, also rigged as a Schooner |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 09/1856 | Government of the UK - War Department |
| 24/03/1865 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 24/03/1865: Wrecked at Tacumshane near Wexford, Ireland |
| On a voyage from Woolwich to Liverpool carrying Government stores |
North & South Shields Gazette, Saturday, 02/08/1856
Wexford Constitution, Wednesday, 01/03/1865