Sjøhistorie

D/S Ballot

Other names
ex Alberta
Call sign
HPYI
Shipping company
Nationality
Panama flaggPanama
Home port

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1922
Yard number
113
Month of delivery
Oktober

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Ran aground, 2.1.1943
  • Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
6.131
Net tonnage:
3.731

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
NHK 488
Speed:
10

Dimensions

Length:
417.7'
Beam:
54.2'
Draft:
30.2'
  • Historikk:

    10/1922: Levert som ALBERTA til Cosulich Soc. Triestina di Nav., Trieste, Italia.
    09/1935: Solgt til Italia Soc. Anon di Nav., Trieste, Italia.
    08/1941: United States Maritime Commission, Panama, nytt navn - BALLOT.
    02/01/1943: Grunnstøtte og forliste i tåke ved Kildin Island.

    Maskineri:
    Triple dampmaskin, 3 cylindere diam. 26 1/16", 42 1/8" & 70 1/16 - 48 1/14".
    Maskineri bygget ved United Machine Factories, Smichow, Praque.

     

    Sources

    Armed-guard.com

    H. Larsson-Fedde

    Jordan, Roger., The World's Merchant Fleets 1939: The particulars and wartime fates of 6000 ships, Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 2006, s. 530

    Wrecksite.eu