NOTE: HMTS stands for Her (or His) Majesty’s Telegraph Ship. This prefix is used for ships that were owned by the General Post Office (GPO) before 1969 when it ceased to be a British Government Department. Other cable laying ships are prefixed with CS which stands for Cable Ship. There have been many HMS Alerts but these are Royal Navy ships and should not be confused with the cable ships.
Welcome
to the website for HMTS Alert (2)
This website is about the second HMTS Alert (1918 - 1945). She was torpedoed and sank in the English Channel while repairing the Dumpton Gap-La Panne cable on the 24th February 1945 with the loss of all 53 officers and crew, 1 civilian and 6 members of the Royal Navy.
This site is still under development (as at 01/07/07).
