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Name: SIR ALFRED PALMER
Launched: 07/1919
Completed: 01/1920
Builder: Philip & Son Ltd, Dartmouth
Yard Number: 504
Dimensions: 133grt, 44nrt, 88.5 x 21.1 x 10.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (15 & 32 x 24ins), 77nhp
Engines By: Philip & Son Ltd, Dartmouth
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 142860
History:
01/1920 Tyne Improvement Commissioners; registered at Newcastle
1928 Towage Syndicate CS, Antwerp
1930 Renamed VIKING
1930 SARH - SA de Remorquage à Hélice, Antwerp
1939 French Navy; renamed COUDON
No later history known
Comments: Launched as WEST PORT for the Admiralty, but order cancelled
Purchased incomplete by Philip & Son Ltd, Dartmouth
01/1920: Cost £18500
1951: Believed broken up.


Above photo shows a sister to WEST PORT, the WEST WELL renamed FRANK DIXON