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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