Category:Alpha (ship, 1872)

Ship edit

• Type: General cargo steamship
• Built by: Archibald McMillan & Son, Dumbarton
• Yard No: 173
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1872.03.23
• Completed: 1872
• Length over all: 180.6 ft
• Beam: 25.3 ft
• GT: 605
• DWT:
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History edit

• 1872 Named Alpha; Flag: Norway
  • Signal letters: JDGS
  • Port: Kristiansund
  • Owner: O. Reinhardt
• 1882 Owner: R. Andvord/Winge & Co.
  • Signal letters: JDGS
  • Port: Kristiania (Oslo)
• 1886 Owner: Østlandske Lloyd
  • Signal letters: JDGS
  • Port: Kristiania (Oslo)
• 1897 Owner: N. Bugge
  • Signal letters: JDCS
  • Port: Tønsberg
• 1906 Owner: A/S Lauritz Bergs Hvalfangeri
  • Signal letters: JDCS
  • Port: Tønsberg
• 1911 Flag: Denmark
  • Port: Copenhagen
  • Owner: Arktisk Fiske Olie Fabrik A/S
• 1912 Renamed Alexa; Flag: Russia
  • Port: Helsingfors (Helsinki)
  • Owner: Gustaf F. Ljungberg
• 1916 Owner: Sold to J. W. Paulin & Co.
  • Signal letters: SRBW
  • Port: Vyborg
• 1918 Flag: United Kingdom
  • Requisitioned by The Shipping Controller
  • Official number: 142370
  • Signal letters: JSWV
  • Port: London
  • Manager: Gellatly, Hankey & Co.
• 1919 Flag: Finland
  • Returned to owner J. W. Paulin & Co.
  • Signal letters: SRBW
  • Port: Vyborg
• 1933.01.08 Wrecked off Ameland, Netherlands