| Name: | WAR BALLOON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 28/02/1918 |
| Completed: | 06/1918 |
| Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | 210 |
| Dimensions: | 2341grt, 1327nrt, 285.0 x 42.1 x 18.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (22, 36 & 59 x 39ins), 265nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 142445 |
| History: | |
| 06/06/1918 | The Shipping Controller (J Glynn & Son Ltd), London |
| 16/09/1918 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | British Government standard 'D' type cargo ship |
| 16/09/1918: Wrecked near Pointe de St Mathieu off Brest | |
| On a voyage from Bilbao to Newport with a cargo of iron ore |