Empire Ballantyne
Cargo ship · built 1942
In short
Empire Ballantyne (Cargo ship) has no AIS position on record with Voydar.
- Vessel type
- Cargo ship
- Flag
- —
- Year built
- 1942
- Gross tonnage
- 6,960
- Size (length × beam)
- 136 m × 17 m
- Registered owner
- —
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- Name
- Empire Ballantyne
- IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?
- 1168706
- MMSIWhat is an MMSI?
- —
- Call signWhat is a call sign?
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- Cargo ship
- Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight
- 6,960
- Deadweight (DWT)
- 10,000 t
- Length overall
- 136.2 m
- Beam
- 17.3 m
- Year built
- 1942
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Ownership & management
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- Builder
- Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026
About Empire Ballantyne
Belgian Airman was a 6,959-ton cargo ship which was built by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Glasgow in 1941 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was launched as Empire Ballantyne and transferred to the Belgian Government in 1942. She was sunk by a German U-boat on 14 April 1945.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Empire Ballantyne now?
- Voydar has no displayable AIS position for Empire Ballantyne in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
- What kind of ship is Empire Ballantyne?
- Empire Ballantyne is a cargo ship, built in 1942 by Harland and Wolff. The vessel is 136.2 m long with a beam of 17.3 m and has a gross tonnage of 6,960.
- What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Empire Ballantyne?
- Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Empire Ballantyne from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for Empire Ballantyne. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.
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