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