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Name: ALERT
Type: Buoy and Light House Tender
Launched: 20/11/1945
Completed: 04/1946
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1806
Dimensions: 1527grt, 572nrt, 623dwt, 235.0 x 36.4 x 22.3ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (13, 22 & 36 x 24ins), 194nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Low Walker
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 10.0knots
Reg Number: 180855
History:
18/04/1946 Corporation of the Trinity House, London
20/06/1970 Broken up
Comments: 1944: Laid down as BULLSEYE for the Admiralty
20/06/1970: Arrived at Inverkeithing for breaking up by TW Ward Ltd


Above photo is copyright of Dennis Maccoy