| Name: | ALERT |
| Type: | Cable Ship |
| Launched: | 01/03/1918 |
| Completed: | 05/1918 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1050 |
| Dimensions: | 941grt, 357nrt, 196.7 x 31.4 x 20.1ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (9.75, 16 & 26 x 21ins), 106nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
| Reg Number: | |
| History: | |
| 05/1918 | HM Postmaster General, London |
| 24/02/1945 | Sank |
| Comments: | 24/02/1945: Sank with loss of all hands in position 51.21N - 01.37E, off North |
| Goodwin while engaged in cable work, cause unknown but listed as a war loss |
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