BALLARAT /  FREIA

BUILT IN 1852 SHE BY DUTHIE'S SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 865 TONS. SHE WAS OWNED BY L DENT OF LONDON

SHAW SAVILL & CO CHARTERED HER IN 1862 FROM DUNCAN DUNBAR AND SHE WAS THEN SUBSEQUENTLY  PURCHASED BY SHAW SAVILL IN 1871.

 IN 1873 SHE WAS SOLD TO A NORWEGIAN COMPANY AND RE-NAMED ' FREIA'.

PICTURE IS OF A VESSEL CALLED FREIA BUT NOT 100% IDENTIFIED AS BEING THE EX BALLARAT

BALLARAT

BALLARAT BUILT IN 1911 BY CAIRD & CO. A VESSEL OF 11,120 TONS SHE WAS OWNED BY P & O TORPEDEOD BY U-32 SW OF WOLF ROCK 25TH APRIL 1917 SANK THE NEXT DAY.

THERE WAS ANOTHER VESSEL CALLED BALLARAT BUILT IN 1921 IN GREENOCK ( OR HARLAND & WOLFF IN BELFAST ? )

THERE HAVE BEEN QUITE A FEW VESSELS CALLED BALLARAT OVER THE YEARS

ENTRIES BELOW FOR REFERENCE ONLY

FREIA

THERE WAS ANOTHER VESSEL CALLED 'FREIA' AROUND ABOUT THIS TIME -  A IRON SCREW STEAMER BUILT IN 1859 AND OWNED BY J T CAIRD

FREIA

FREIA BUILT IN 1836 AND OWNED BY A F CARLSEN OF KRISTIANIA LOST 21ST APRIL 1903

FREIA /INDUSTRIE

 SHE HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1872 BY L SMIT & ZOOM OF ROTTERDAM SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 1,680 TONS.

SHE WAS ALSO OWNED BY CARL WINTERS OF ELSFLETH AND SCHIFF GUSTAV OF ELEFLETH ( GERMANY )  LAUNCHED AS THE INDUSTRIE

WRECKED OF YARMOUTH NOVA SCOTIA 1913