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Balmoral built 20/04/1916 by Cochranes of Selby for Queen Steam Fishing Co
06/1917 Requisitioned as minesweeper and renamed Balmoral II Based at Kirkwall
12/03/1919 Returned and reverted to Balmoral
11/1939 Requisitioned as auxiliary patrol vessel
06/1940 Converted to a minesweeper and renamed Avalanche based at Grimsby ungrouped
24/11/1944 Duties as Balloon Barrage
05/1945 Returned and reverted to Balmoral
02/1956 Sold to B Nijkerk SA Belgium
04/1956 Registry Closed

Her Details are

• Official Number 139932
• Yard Number 665
• Call Sign MGPD
• Admiralty Number FY 3043, FY 1895
• Armament 1-6pdr AA
• GT 222 NT 97
• Quarter deck 69
• Dimensions 117.1 x 21.6 x 11.5
• Engines by C D Holmes  66rhp 3 cyl 10 knots

Broken up 04/1956 at Haren