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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