Keywords: HM Survey vessel Alert.jpg HM Survey vessel Alert was a wooden barque rigged Arctic Survey vessel with an auxiliary steam engine Built in 1856 she was sold the US Navy in 1884 and sold to the Canadian Government's Marine Fisheries department in 1885 She was scrapped in 1895 http //www ccg-gcc gc ca/eng/CCG/USQUE_Ship_Details unknown author PD-Old HMS Alert ship 1856 |