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Name: ALERT
Launched: 1837
Completed: 05/04/1837
Builder: Andrew Woodhouse, South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 54grt, 14nrt, 63.6 x 14.8 x 7.8ft; (1845: 66grt, 18nrt, 72.1 x 15.2 x 8.1ft);
(1857: 58grt, 14nrt, 75.3 x 16.4 x 7.8ft)
Engines: 1cyl (27.5 x 42ins), 26hp; (by 1857: 34hp)
Engines by: TD Marshall, South Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 7647
History:
22/04/1837 T Stoker, North Shields; registered at Newcastle
14/11/1839 T Stoker Snr & Jnr, North Shields
13/02/1847 T Stoker Jnr & J Stoker, North Shields
15/02/1847 T Stoker Jnr, North Shields & R Stoker, Leith
20/03/1847 T Stoker Jnr, Middlesbrough & R Stoker, Leith; registered at Stockton
03/06/1853 M Stoker & EE Oliver, North Shields; registered at Shields
12/08/1856 W Burrell, North Shields
26/02/1857 F Anderson & GT Day, North Shields and D & J Morris, Newcastle
01/06/1857 F Anderson, GT Day and D & J Morris, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle
28/05/1858 Unknown owner
No later history known
Comments: 10/06/1845: Rebuilt by W Stoker at North Shields
28/05/1858: Register closed as "Sold at Archangel to Overseas owner"