| Name: | BELLE ISLE |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 04/04/1932 |
| Completed: | 05/1932 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1475 |
| Dimensions: | 1960grt, 1159nrt, 246.1 x 37.7 x 19.0ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (18.5, 29 & 48 x 33ins), 201nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.0knots |
| Reg Number: | 161566 |
| History: | |
| 29/04/1932 | Newfoundland-Canada Steamships Ltd (WA Shaw), Halifax; registered at Newcastle |
| 1932 | Registered at Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 1942 | US War Shipping Administration - US Army |
| 1946 | US Maritime Commission |
| 1948 | China Industrial Corporation Ltd, Shanghai; renamed CHINA LEADER |
| 1949 | A Magsaysay Inc, Manila; renamed SAN ANTONIO |
| 24/07/1950 | Sank |
| Comments: | Built for the St John's to Montreal summer service & St John's to Halifax in the winter |
| Accommodation for 160 x passengers | |
| Used as a troop ship during WW II | |
| 24/07/1950: Mined & sunk off Woosung | |
| On a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai carrying general cargo |
Above photo as BELLE ISLE is copyright of the US Army