MV Alert

'''MV ''Alert''''' was a vessel launched in 1942 and originally constructed in Everett, Washington as a harbour defence vessel.<ref name="Alert1957">{{Cite news |date=18 February 1957 |title=Launch Alert sailed on many scientific cruises |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19570220.2.149 |access-date=21 May 2024 |work=The Press |pages=13 |volume=XCV |issue=28207}}</ref> ''Alert'' arrived in New Zealand as a result of the American lend-lease scheme and was based in Wellington. After World War II she was laid up in Auckland. In 1946 Alexander J. Black purchased the vessel, overhauled her and then based her at Dunedin, where she was used in multiple research expeditions including the 1954 Chatham Islands expedition.<ref name="Alert1957" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=14 November 1950 |title=Successful voyage Antipodes Expedition |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19501114.2.53 |access-date=21 May 2024 |work=Otago Daily Times |pages=6 |issue=27546}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Alert (Launch) |url=https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ethesaurus.346137 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=tiaki.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref><ref>{{CiteQ|Q124734348}}</ref><ref name="Knox1954">{{Cite Q|Q66412141}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alert}} Category:1942 ships Category:Research vessels of New Zealand