MV Alert was a vessel launched in 1942 and originally constructed in Everett, Washington as a harbour defence vessel.[1] 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.[1][2][3][4][5]
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edit- ^ a b "Launch Alert sailed on many scientific cruises". The Press. Vol. XCV, no. 28207. 18 February 1957. p. 13. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Successful voyage Antipodes Expedition". Otago Daily Times. No. 27546. 14 November 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Alert (Launch)". tiaki.natlib.govt.nz. 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ R. K. Dell (March 1976). "Post‐war developments in New Zealand oceanography: A personal view". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 10 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1080/00288330.1976.9515595. ISSN 0028-8330. Wikidata Q124734348.
- ^ G A Knox (1957). "General account of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition" (PDF). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 2: 1–37. ISSN 0083-7903. Wikidata Q66412141.
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