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	Harbour	Date 🠗₁
Even Torjussen Olsen	Norway	Reparatør	Unknown	5/15/1944	Unknown	7/1/1944
Karl Nilsen	Denmark	ukjent	New York, NY, USA	6/22/1944	New York, NY, USA	8/5/1944
Markus Alfons Bjørnsen	Norway	Motormann	New York, NY, USA	6/20/1944	New York, NY, USA	8/5/1944
Bredal Johannessen	Norway	Donkeymann	New York, NY, USA	12/6/1943	New York, NY, USA	8/5/1944
Gunne Bye	Norway	Båtsmann	New York, NY, USA	8/4/1943	New York, NY, USA	8/5/1944
Lok San	China	Hjelpemann	New York, NY, USA	5/27/1944	New York, NY, USA	8/7/1944
Kai Wai	China	Byssegutt	New York, NY, USA	5/27/1944	New York, NY, USA	8/7/1944
Liang Tsich	China	Messegutt	New York, NY, USA	5/24/1944	New York, NY, USA	8/7/1944
Arne Dehli	Norway	Matros	New York, NY, USA	4/3/1944	New York, NY, USA	8/7/1944
Finn Syvertsen	Norway	2. Maskinist	New York, NY, USA	11/28/1942	New York, NY, USA	8/8/1944
Oscar Sigvard Esbjørnssen	Sweden	Motormann	New York, NY, USA	6/20/1944	Baltimore, MD, USA	9/9/1944
Cedrick J. Williams	South Africa	Salonggutt	New York, NY, USA	5/27/1944	Baltimore, MD, USA	9/11/1944
Charles Sebulonsen	Norway	ukjent	New York, NY, USA	2/7/1944	Baltimore, MD, USA	9/11/1944
Arthur Pedersen	Norway	Matros / Skytter	New York, NY, USA	8/5/1943	Baltimore, MD, USA	9/11/1944
Kåre Oliver Øen	Norway	2. Maskinist	New York, NY, USA	8/8/1944	Baltimore, MD, USA	9/15/1944
Odvar Høgenhaug	Norway	Matros / Skytter	New York, NY, USA	2/14/1944	Baltimore, MD, USA	9/18/1944
John Charles Jones	Canada	Byssegutt	New York, NY, USA	8/7/1944	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	10/14/1944
John Edgar Street	Canada	Messemann	New York, NY, USA	8/7/1944	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	10/14/1944
Kenneth Anthony Thompson	Canada	Hjelpegutt	New York, NY, USA	8/7/1944	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	10/14/1944
Thorvald August Martinius Hæstad	Norway	Reparatør	New York, NY, USA	6/28/1944	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	10/14/1944
Gustav Tveit	Norway	Matros	Baltimore, MD, USA	9/13/1944	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	10/16/1944
Angel R. Amador	Cuba	Messegutt	Nuevitas	9/29/1944	Havana, Cuba	10/31/1944
Kristen Vennerød Larsen	Norway	ukjent	Havana, Cuba	10/30/1944	Philadelphia, PA, USA	11/15/1944
Thor Anton Stub	Norway	2. Styrmann	New York, NY, USA	11/29/1943	New York, NY, USA	11/15/1944
Juan Blanco Grandio	Cuba	Hjelpemann	Havana, Cuba	10/31/1944	Philadelphia, PA, USA	11/16/1944