M/S Balla

Other names: ex Gresham, ex Margretian
Call sign: LJOY
Shipping company: Th. Brøvig, Farsund
Nationality: Norway
Home port: Farsund
Enlistment district: Farsund

Shipyard

Name: C. Hill & Sons Ltd., Bristol, UK
Build year: 1923
Yard number: 148
Month of delivery: november

Other

Participant in WW2
Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:: 2.565
Net tonnage:: 1.502
Deadweight:: 4.740

Engine

Propulsion:: Beardmore
Engine size:: NHK 370

Dimensions

Length:: 297.8'
Beam:: 43.9'
Draft:: 21.5'

Miscellaneous

Crew list

Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Signed on		Signed off
Seafarer	Nationality	Position	Harbour	Date 🠗₁	Harbour	Date
Henry Milton Olsen	Norway	Matros	New York	12/3/1943	New York	2/7/1944
Wilhelm Otto Kristiansen	Norway	Reparatør	New York	12/4/1943	New York	5/26/1944
Bredal Johannessen	Norway	Donkeymann	New York	12/6/1943	New York	8/5/1944
Wong Kam	China	Messegutt	New York	12/6/1943	New York	2/11/1944
Sai Lo	China	Byssegutt	New York	12/6/1943	New York	2/11/1944
Charles Sebulonsen	Norway	ukjent	New York	2/7/1944	Baltimore	9/11/1944
Sivert Kristian Skår	Norway	Matros	New York	2/7/1944	Baltimore	10/22/1945
Karsten Anker Johannessen	Norway	Kokk	New York	2/9/1944	New York	5/26/1944
Jose Francisco de Oliveira	Brazil	Messemann	New York	2/9/1944	New York	4/3/1944
Jose Rodrignes De Souza	Brazil	Byssegutt	New York	2/10/1944	New York	4/3/1944
Emanuel Abrahamsen	Norway	Matros	New York	2/11/1944	New Orleans	10/29/1946
Marius Vilhelm Rosenquist	Denmark	Smører	New York	2/11/1944	New York	4/4/1944
Odvar Høgenhaug	Norway	Matros / Skytter	New York	2/14/1944	Baltimore	9/18/1944
Yua Shui	China	Hjelpegutt	New York	2/14/1944	New York	3/31/1944
Heng Siew Wah	China	Hjelpegutt	New York	2/14/1944	New York	3/31/1944
Arne Johansen	Norway	Trimmer	New York	3/3/1944	New York	6/21/1944
Mario C. Baretto	Brazil	Hjelpegutt	New York	4/3/1944	New York	5/26/1944
Arne Dehli	Norway	Matros	New York	4/3/1944	New York	8/7/1944
Raimundo Vieira de Lyra	Brazil	Byssegutt	New York	4/3/1944	New York	5/26/1944
Olav Sigurd Høyem	Norway	ukjent	New York	4/4/1944	Boston, Massachusetts	5/17/1944
Johannes Konrad Larsen	Norway	Motormann	New Orleans	4/25/1944	Havana	6/11/1944
Jessie Alvin Pennington	USA	Messemann	New Orleans	4/25/1944	New York	5/27/1944
Knud Knudsen	Norway	1. Styrmann	New York	5/12/1944	Baltimore	10/25/1945
Even Torjussen Olsen	Norway	Reparatør	Unknown	5/15/1944	Unknown	7/1/1944
Kaare Toralf Løbersli	Norway	Kokk	New York	5/24/1944	New York	1/16/1945