| Name: | ALERT |
| Launched: | 1837 |
| Completed: | 04/1837 |
| Builder: | Stephen Wood, South Shore, Gateshead |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 47grt, 14nrt, 68.3 x 14.3 x 6.6ft; (1845: 66grt, 18nrt, 72.1 x 15.2 x 8.1ft); |
| (1857: 58grt, 14nrt, 75.3 x 16.4 x 7.8ft); (1883: 81grt, 73.0 x 16.5 x 7.0ft) | |
| Engines: | L1cyl, 30nhp; (1857: 35nhp); (1896: 15nhp) |
| Engines by: | |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | 7647 |
| History: | |
| 04/1837 | Thomas Stoker, North Shields; registered at Newcastle |
| 1839 | Thomas Stoker Snr & Jnr, North Shields; registered at Newcastle |
| 1847 | Thomas Stoker Jnr, North Shields |
| 1853 | Ralph Stoker, Leith & Thomas Stoker, Middlesbrough; registered at Stockton |
| 03/06/1853 | Margaret Stoker & Edward E Oliver, N Shields; registered at North Shields |
| 1856 | W Burrell, Shields |
| 1857 | Francis Anderson & George Davy, Newcastle and David & John Morris, Pelaw Main |
| 1857 | Registered at Newcastle |
| 1858 | Clarke & Sons, Archangelsk, Russia; renamed MAIMAXA |
| 187x | GI Schmidt, Archangelsk |
| 1907 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1845: Enlarged by William Stokel at North Shields |
| 1847: Thomas Stoker Snr died | |
| 14/10/1852: Fire as reported below, probably this vessel | |
| 1858: Used as a tug for timber rafting on the Northern Dvina river | |
| 187x: Used as a port tug at Archangelsk | |
| 1883: Wooden hull planking replaced | |
| 1896: Engine pressure de-rated due to age of boiler |
Newcastle Courant, Friday, October 15, 1852