| Name: | ALPHA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 09/10/1869 |
| Completed: | 11/1869 |
| Builder: | WB Hornby |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 1 |
| Dimensions: | 393grt, 287nrt, 159.7 x 21.3 x 12.1ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl, 50nhp; (1876: C2cyl (19 & 38 x 20ins), 60nhp) |
| Engines by: | (1876: Rostock Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, Rostock) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 62543 |
| History: | |
| 03/11/1869 | GJ Briggs, Sunderland |
| 1870 | AG St Petersburg, Lubeck |
| 1892 | Jade & Co, Lubeck |
| 1898 | Esbjerg D/S, Esbjerg; renamed MERCUR |
| 14/01/1899 | Sank |
| Comments: | 14/01/1899: Capsized & sank off the Elbe LV No 2 |
| On a voyage from Hamburg to Esbjerg carrying grain & general cargo |