| Name: | ALPHA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 03/08/1878 |
| Completed: | 1878 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
| Yard: | Lawe Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 142 |
| Dimensions: | 1487grt, 965nrt, 255.0 x 33.0 x 23.0ft |
| Engines: | CI2cyl (31 & 58 x 36ins), 140hp |
| Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 79207 |
| History: | |
| 1878 | John Wilson, North Shields |
| 23/01/1879 | Sank |
| Comments: | 23/01/1879: Sank after a collision with the Turkish transport SHAH NESERET |
| in the Bosphorus on a voyage from Odessa to Antwerp with a cargo of wheat |