| Name: | ALBA | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 10/10/1901 | 
| Completed: | 11/1901 | 
| Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd | 
| Yard: | Howdon | 
| Yard Number: | 96 | 
| Dimensions: | 3733grt, 2420nrt, 353.5 x 47.3 x 25.5ft | 
| Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 66 x 48ins), 345nhp | 
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Steel | 
| Reg Number: | 114790 | 
| History: | |
| 11/1901 | English & North American Shipping Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co), London | 
| 30/01/1905 | Wrecked | 
| Comments: | 30/01/1905: Wrecked at Zandvoort, The Netherlands | 
| On a voyage from Newport News to Amsterdam with a cargo of maize | 

Above photo of the wreck of the ALBA is courtesy of Arie de Lange

Western Times, Friday, 03/02/1905