Balfe
Ship Number
522M
Vessel Type
''B' type cargo ship
Built
D&W Henderson
Yard
Meadowside
Launch Date
19/05/1920
Delivered
11/09/1920
Owner
Shipping Controller (Lambert & Holt Line Ltd.)
Weight
5369 grt
BP Length
400.1 feet
Breadth
52.3 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
Propulsion
T3Cyl. (27,44 & 73 - 48)in. 180lb. 517nhp by D. & W. Henderson & Co., Glasgow
Official No.
143604
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Broken Up
Balfe

Vessels under construction at D & W Henderson of Meadowside when the yard was taken over by Harland & Wolff in 1919. Henderson's ship numbers were retained for these vessels.
 
Laid down as War Lupin for the Shipping Controller.
 
1934 Lamport & Holt Line Ltd., Liverpool
1950 Ali A. Horoby - James Norris & Co. Ltd., Liverpool, renamed Star of Aden
1955 China Shipping Co. Ltd. - John Manners & Co. Ltd., Liverpool / Hong Kong, renamed Sydney Breeze
1956 Marine Navigation Co. Ltd. - Wheelock, Marden & Co. Ltd., Hong Kong, renamed Golden Beta
 
Broken Up 1st February 1959, Osaka