SS Alacrity (1893)

SS Alacrity was a 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 and was moored in Jervoise Bay, Western Australia, until a fierce gale in Cockburn Sound wrecked her in 1931.

History
France
Name: Jean Bart
Namesake: Jean Bart
Owner: Dunkirk Chamber of Commerce (1893–1902)
Builder: Graville, France
Launched: 1893
Fate: Sold 1902
Australia
Name: Alacrity (1902–1929)
Owner:
Acquired: 1802 by purchase
Fate: Wrecked 1931
General characteristics
Tonnage: 353 grt
Length: 145 ft 6 in (44.3 m)[1]
Beam: 27 ft (8.2 m)[1]
Depth: 14 ft 3 in (4.3 m)[1]
Propulsion: Twin screw

Notes
  1. "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

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