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Name: ALPHA
Launched:
Completed: 07/1884
Builder: Hepple & Co, North Shields
Yard Number: 392
Dimensions: 92grt, 0nrt, 91.4 x 18.2 x 8.6ft
Engines: SL1cyl (32 x 54ins), 50nhp
Engines By: Hepple & Co, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 89793
History:
22/07/1884 William Hepple, North Shields
30/07/1884 Matthew Cockburn, North Shields
06/10/1889 Sank
Comments: 06/10/1889: Sank after a collision with sv LOTTIE
Used as both a tug & a trawler