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Name: ALACRITY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 20/01/1893
Completed: 02/1893
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 174
Dimensions: 286grt, 144nrt, 130.5 x 21.7 x 9.7ft
Engines: C2cyl (16 & 32 x 22ins), 42nhp
Engines by: GT Grey & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 99466
History:
02/1893 George T Grey & Co, South Shields
by 1898 Bretel Freres, St Vaast, France; renamed DEUX FRERES
1908 Isaac W Laing, Sunderland; renamed ASHDENE
04/01/1915 Sank
Comments: 04/01/1915: Sank on a voyage from London to the Tyne