SS Alacrity (1893)

History

Name:	Jean Bart (1893–1902) Alacrity (1902–1929)
Owner:	Dunkirk Chamber of Commerce (1893–1902) Howard Smith (1902–1917) Royal Australian Navy (1917–1925)
Launched:	1893
Fate:	Wrecked 1931
General characteristics
Tonnage:	353 gross tons
Length:	145.6 ft (44.4 m)^[1]
Beam:	27 ft (8.2 m)^[1]
Depth:	14.3 ft (4.4 m)^[1]
Propulsion:	Twin screw

The SS Alacrity was a 353 gross tons tug built in Graville, France in 1893 as Jean Bart and was operated by the Dunkirk Chamber of Commerce. She was sold in 1902 to Howard Smith and renamed Alacrity for tug service in Port Phillip, Australia.^[1] During the First World War, she was purchased by the Royal Australian Navy in 1917 for use as a patrol vessel, inspection vessel, and minesweeper based at Fremantle. She was never commissioned. After being sold in 1925, she was slated for breaking up was moored in Jervoise Bay, Western Australia, however a fierce gale in Cockburn Sound wrecked her in 1931.

Notes

1 2 3 4 "The New Tug Alacrity". The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 15 August 1902. p.8. Retrieved 12 August 2011.

References

Wilson, Michael; Royal Australian Navy 21st Century Warships, Naval auxiliaries 1911 to 1999 including Defence Maritime Services, Profile No. 4 – Revised Edition, Topmill Pty Ltd, Marrickville. ISBN 978-1-876270-72-8

External links

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1931

Shipwrecks	15 Mar: Viking 10 Apr: HMAS Huon 30 May: Harvard 9 Jun: HMS Poseidon 14 Jun: Saint-Philibert 19 Jul: Chitose 30 Jul: Cowlitz 10 Sep: Koraaga 28 Nov Duke of Lancaster Unknown date: Alacrity, Ernest Renan

Other incidents	6 Jan: Fleurus 6 Feb: Golden Rod 18 Feb: Leander 21 Mar: Montclare 2 Apr: HMS Glorious 13 Apr: Wisła 8 May: Ruth Kellogg 14 May: HNLMS Sumatra 29 Sep: Baychimo 29 Nov River Ribble Unknown date: Hougomont

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