ALPHA
| Built | 1943 |
| Tonnages | 26 grt |
| Dimensions | |
| Shipbuilder (yard number) | John Harker Ltd., Knottingley (150) |
| Engine builder | |
| Engine | Motor |
| O.N. | |
| Owners | 1943 Aire & Calder Navigation (as a towing barge) |
| 1948 British Transport Commission, Goole | |
| 1963 British Transport Docks Board, Goole | |
| 1983 Associated British Ports, Goole | |
| Fate | Still in service 2014 |
Seen above in service as a workboat for A.B.P.
From Terry Thwaite ..... "Alpha", the docks board maintenance boat , listed as a Tug. My uncle Dan was engineer on her when she was fairly new and she was built primarily for towing A&C boats up the Barnsley Canal from its junction with the Calder top side of Haigh cut end (Broad Reach Lock), or at least that's how I remember listening to the old fellow and Dan telling yarns to that effect.