| Name: | BALLINA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 28/02/1865 |
| Completed: | 08/06/1865 |
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 125 |
| Dimensions: | 300grt, 190nrt, 179.4 x 24.0 x 9.6ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl, 80hp |
| Engines by: | Stephenson & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | Paddle, also rigged as a two masted brig |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 52707 |
| History: | |
| 10/06/1865 | James Alexander, London |
| 30/05/1866 | Clarence & Richmond River Steam Navigation Co Ltd; registered at Sydney, NSW |
| 13/02/1879 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Built with accommodation for 55 x passengers |
| 1865: James Alexander was an agent for the Australian owners | |
| 1877: Collided with and sank the barque SYLPHIDE, without loss of life | |
| 13/02/1879: Ran aground whilst attempting to leave Port Macquarie | |
| Became a total wreck when overnight storms broke the vessel's keel | |
| 1910: Wreckage partially dispersed by dynamite |