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Name: ALERT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/03/1880
Completed: 04/1880
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 412
Dimensions: 1382grt, 890nrt, 243.5 x 33.2 x 16.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (30 & 57 x 36ins), 140nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 81787
History:
17/04/1880 Alert Steam Ship Co Ltd (TR Thompson), Cardiff
1882 Managers became M Thompson & Co
16/03/1882 Sank
Comments: 16/03/1882: Sank after a collision with WHITE HEAD off Lavernock Point
On a voyage from Cardiff to Port Said with a cargo of coal