ALERT

DateMay 1872

Object NameSCREW STEAMER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 81' x breadth 19 3/6' x depth 9 1/3'
Registered Tonnage: 95 ton (70 ton according to Lloyd's Register of Shipping)

Object numberABDSHIP001703

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Humphrey & Co.
Official Number: 65087

Fate: unknown, probably scrapped c. 1926.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Screw steamer, 1 deck, 2 masts, fore and aft rigged, round stern, carvel built, no galleries or figurehead, wood frame.

Owners:
1872: registered in Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
James Presslie, engineer and John Gash, metal broker, both Aberdeen, joint owners of 64 shares.
(Source: Aberdeen Shipping Register (Aberdeen City Archives))
1874: J. Whitney, registered at Aberdeen
1876-81: E. Hanson, registered at Liverpool.
c. 1890: William Pitts, Leeds, registered at Falmouth. (clydeships)
c. 1920: The Belfast Marine Salvage Co. Ltd., Belfast. (clydeships)

Masters:
1873: Master Bissett
1874-81: Master N. Sloan

Note: ALERT ceases to be in Lloyd's from 1881 but clydeships (https://www.clydeships.co.uk) suggests that it remained in service until 1926.
Engines: 2 engines, condensing made by Presslie and Leys of Aberdeen. Diameter of cylinders 14", length of stroke 1'2". 35hp (Aberdeen Register).