Balzac
Ship Number
523M
Vessel Type
''B' type cargo ship
Built
D&W Henderson
Yard
Meadowside
Launch Date
23/01/1920
Delivered
11/03/1920
Owner
Shipping Controller (Lambert & Holt Line Ltd.)
Weight
5372 grt
BP Length
400.3 feet
Breadth
52.3 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
Propulsion
T3cyl.(27,44 &73 - 48)in. 180lbs. 517NHP. by D. & W. Henderson & Co., Glasgow
Official No.
143619
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Sunk
 Balzac

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 Yew for The Shipping Controller
 
Sunk by German Commerce Raider Atlantis on passage Rangoon for Liverpool with rice 22nd June 1941.