Name: | BALMORALWOOD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/12/1936 |
Completed: | 02/1937 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 609 |
Dimensions: | 5834grt, 3374nrt, 446.7 x 56.7 x 26.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 38 & 65 x 45ins) + exhaust turbine, 477nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 164835 |
History: | |
26/01/1937 | Constantine Shipping Co Ltd, Middlesbrough |
14/06/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 14/06/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U47, 220 miles W of Falmouth |
On a voyage from Sorel to Falmouth carrying wheat & aircraft on deck |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship