Alpha 1876

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

Select

Ship Name

XYZ

Name:	ALPHA
Type:	Gunboat
Keel:	21/09/1875
Launched:	23/02/1876
Completed:	19/06/1876
Builder:	C Mitchell & Co
Yard:	Low Walker
Yard Number:	327
Dimensions:	340disp, 185grt, 81nrt, 115.0 x 27.0 x 9.3ft
Engines:	2 x 1cyl (14 x 16ins), 235ihp, 50nhp
Engines by:	Thompson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion:	2 x Screws, 10.0knots
Construction:	Iron
Armament:	1 x 11.0ins gun
Reg Number:	70254

History:
16/06/1876	George Wightwick Rendel, Newcastle
16/06/1876	James Duncan Campbell, London
17/06/1876	Robert Hart & William Cartwright, Peking, China
02/12/1876	Imperial Chinese Government; renamed LUNG-HSIANG
1895	Broken up

Comments:	This was an Armstrong contract built using the facilities of the Mitchell yard
	Armament was supplied by the Armstrong company at Elswick
	The gun could only elevate, so direction was provided by aligning the hull
	The purchase was financed by the Chinese Customs Service
	Robert Hart was the Inspector General of the Chinese Customs Service
	William Cartwright was Commissioner of Chinese Maritime Customs
	James Campbell was the London Agent of Robert Hart
	George Rendel was the designer of Armstrong's gunboats
	Rendel was in charge of the relationship between Armstrong & Mitchell