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Name: ALERT
Launched: 04/11/1892
Completed: 12/1892
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co, South Shields
Yard Number: 173
Dimensions: 194grt, 80nrt, 115.0 x 21.1 x 11.8ft
Engines: C2cyl (19 & 38 x 24ins), 450ihp, 90rhp
Engines by: George T Grey, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 101956
History:
12/1892 Davis & Soper, London
23/03/1899 Andrew Ritchie MacKenzie (A R MacKenzie & Co), Table Bay, South Africa
23/03/1899 Board of Commissioners of the Harbor of Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope
29/03/1909 Townsville Harbour Board, Queensland, Australia
10/11/1909 Registered at Townsville
18/08/1959 Sank
Comments: 08/02/1893: Arrived at Table Bay
11/1907: Agreement made for sale to Townsville Harbour Board
16/01/1908: Arrived at Townsville
03/1909: Cost £4,500
18/08/1959: Scuttled about 4 miles south of Cape Cleveland
08/09/1959: Registry closed
Thanks to Buster J Browne for the above details


Above image is courtesy of Buster J Browne

Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 15/12/1892