| Name: | BALLENA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 07/11/1919 |
| Completed: | 02/1920 |
| Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
| Yard: | Walker |
| Yard Number: | 213 |
| Dimensions: | 5193grt, 3168nrt, 399.5 x 52.3 x 28.4ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 &73 x 48ins), 452nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 143612 |
| History: | |
| 12/02/1920 | Pacific Steam Navigation Co, Liverpool |
| 1933 | JA Cosmetto & Kulukundis Bros (Rethymnis & Kulukundis Ltd, managers), Piraeus |
| 1933 | Renamed MOUNT IDA |
| 1935 | JA Cosmetto & Kulukundis Bros, Piraeus |
| 1937 | Hamburg-Sudamerikanische DG, Hamburg; renamed MENDOZA |
| 22/03/1945 | Sunk |
| Comments: | 1919: Laid down as a standard "B Type" cargo ship for the UK Government |
| 22/03/1945: Bombed & sunk by Russian aircraft after leaving Pillau with refugees |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox