| 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 |