BALRANALD

Passenger Vessel "Balranald", launched on 24 February 1921 and completed in April 1922, she took her maiden voyage on 20 April 1922 from London to Sydney. Built by Harland & Wolff, Greenock, Scotland.Base Port: LondonGross Tonnage: 13039Dimension

BALRANALD

Ship Details

Rig

Twin Screw Steamer, 1,562nhp. (B Class)

Built

1921

Built In

Greenock

Tonnage

12,990g 7,904n

Built By

Harland & Wolff Ltd.

Dimensions

519.8 x 64.2 x 29.8

Demise

Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., reg. Greenock. Australian service via the Cape. 1929: Fitted with exhaust turbines and oil fuel. Now via Suez & Colombo. 1936 June 2: Sold to British shipbreakers & broken up at Troon.

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Daphne E. Longm... (not verified) on Sun, 2021-01-31 10:07
My father, Maurice Stephen Kilvert was a 17 yr old Dreadnought boy who came to Australia on the Balranald in 1928 to study at the Scheyville Boys Training farm near Windsor, N.S.W. I have photos of both the ship and a group of lads just off the Balranald as they arrived in Sydney.

Lorna Weir (not verified) on Tue, 2021-06-22 20:29
My Great Uncle, John McLeod from Skye, was quartermaster on this steamer. He drowned at Manly, Australia as the result of a swimming accident in December 1922.

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