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Baralaba in 1939.
History
Name	Nürnburg (1921-1924) Solskin (1924-1925) Baralaba (1925-1949) Brenda (1952-1956) Bayon (1956-??)
Owner	Stettiner Neue Dampfer A G., Stettin (1921-1924) A/S Solskin, Oslo (1924-1925) Australasian United Steam Navigation Company (1925-1949)
Builder	Stettiner Oderwerke, Stettin, Germany
Launched	1921
Australia
Name	HMAS Baralaba
Acquired	27 May 1942
In service	31 May 1942
Out of service	19 May 1943
Fate	Returned to owners
General characteristics
Tonnage	998
Length	211.6 feet (64.5 m)
Beam	33.9 feet (10.3 m)
Draught	11.3 feet (3.4 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion engine

HMAS Baralaba was an auxiliary stores carrier operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

Built in 1921 by Stettiner Oderwerke, Stettin, Germany (now Poland) as the Nürnburg for Stettiner Neue Dampfer A G., Stettin. She was sold to A/S Solskin, Oslo in August 1924 and renamed Solskin, before being sold in January 1925 to the Australasian United Steam Navigation Company and renamed Baralaba. She was requisitioned in May 1942 by the US Small Ships Command, however she was transferred to the RAN on 27 May and commissioned as HMAS Baralaba on 31 May. She was returned to her owners in February 1943.

Baralaba was subsequently sold in 1949 to San Ernesto Steamship Company, Hong Kong, to Wallem & Company in 1952 and renamed Brenda, and in 1956 to a Cambodian company and renamed Bayon.

Notes

1. "Lloyd's Register 1937-38" (PDF). plimsollshipdata. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2012.

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