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Name: ALPHA
Type: Barge
Launched: 16/11/1891
Completed: 1891
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 172
Dimensions: 90grt, 72.0 x 19.0 x 7.3ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: None
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History: Mr Holzappfel, London
No further history known
Comments: Described as a "Patent barge"
An experiment in mechanical riveting


Derry Journal, Wednesday, 04/11/1891