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Name: WILLIAM BALLS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/04/1894
Completed: 05/1894
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 296
Dimensions: 2503grt, 1595nrt, 300.3 x 41.5 x 18.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 42ins), 243nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 102044
History:
05/1894 WDC Balls & Son, North Shields
1929 Tramp Shipping Development Co Ltd, London; renamed MARTIS
1929 Martis Steamship Co Ltd (S Lambros), London
1940 The Admiralty, London
1940 Sank
Comments: 1940: Scuttled as a blockship, possibly at Scapa Flow


Above photo as WILLIAM BALL(S?) courtesy of Richard Cox