SS Alert
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NameAlert
OwnerHuddart Parker
Port of registryMelbourne, Australia
BuilderRobert Duncan & Co., Port Glasgow
 SS Alert | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Australia | |
| Name | Alert |
| Owner | Huddart Parker |
| Port of registry | Melbourne, Australia |
| Builder | Robert Duncan & Co., Port Glasgow |
| Launched | 1877 |
| Identification | Official number: 76169 |
| Fate | Sunk, 28 December 1893 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Steamship |
| Tonnage | 243 tons[2] |
| Length | 169 ft (52 m) |
| Beam | 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) |
| Depth | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
| Propulsion | Rankin & Blackmore compound steam engine, 90 nhp, 1 screw |
SS Alert was a steamship that sank off Cape Schanck, Victoria, Australia on 28 December 1893.[1][3][4] The ship was built for the gentle waters of Scottish lochs and was almost 51 m (167 ft) long and weighed 247 tonnes.
After Alert sank the ship laid for 113 years on the ocean floor until being rediscovered in June 2007 by a team from Southern Ocean Exploration.