| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Isles |
| Pennant | T 50 |
| Built by | Cook, Welton & Gemmill (Beverley, U.K.) : Holmes |
| Ordered | 6 Apr 1940 |
| Laid down | 10 Aug 1940 |
| Launched | 2 Dec 1940 |
| Commissioned | 16 May 1941 |
| End service | |
| History | Sold 16 July 1946. |
Commands listed for HMS Balta (T 50)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. John Ambrose Hanson Pontin, RNR | 7 May 1941 | Apr 1943 |
| 2 | T/Lt. William Easton Turner, RNVR | Apr 1943 | early 1944 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Robert William Brough, RNVR | early 1944 |
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Notable events involving Balta include:
1 Jul 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. J.H. Geijs, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Balta (T/Lt. J.A.H. Punting, RNR) and HMS Norwich City (T/Lt. L.H. Stammers, RNVR).
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2 Jul 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. J.H. Geijs, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Balta (T/Lt. J.A.H. Punting, RNR) and HMS Norwich City (T/Lt. L.H. Stammers, RNVR). (1)
4 Jul 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. J.H. Geijs, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Tobermory together with HMS Balta (T/Lt. J.A.H. Punting, RNR), HMS Cotillion (A/Skr.Lt. J. Flett, RNR), HMS Polka (T/Lt. K.C. Donaldson, RNVR) and HMS Asie (Skr. F.C. Butler, RNR). (1)
18 Feb 1943
HrMs O 21 (Lt.Cdr. J.F. van Dulm, RNN) conducts A/S exercises of Diego Saurez with HMS Balta (T/Lt. J.A.H. Punting, RNR).
After these exercises O 21 departed from Addu Atoll for Colombo. (2)
29 Feb 1944
The British merchant Palma is torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-183 south of Ceylon in position 05°51'N, 79°58'E. HMS Balta (Lt. W.E. Turner, RNVR) later picks up survivors.
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6376 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- File 2.12.03.6413 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)