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Name: ALPHA
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1846
Completed: 1846
Builder: Thomas Brown
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 60tonsb, 61.7 x 17.4 x 7.6ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Schooner
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
28/03/1846 Henry Hunt, Birtley
19/01/1847 Sank
Comments: 19/01/1847: Struck Redcar Rocks & foundered
She was under tow at the time, from Whitby to the Tyne