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Name: EXCELSIOR
Launched: 1866
Completed: 12/1866
Builder: TA Young & Son, Blackwall, Thames
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 105grt, 38nrt, 90.3 x 17.2 x 9.4ft
Engines: 2 x SL1cyl, 45nhp
Engines By: TA Young & Son, Blackwall
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 56754
History:
08/01/1867 Daniel Barker, John Spicer & others, London; registered at London
1880 Francis Warren, Peter & John Stephenson & George Legg, North Shields
22/02/1905 Registered at North Shields
21/08/1905 Sank
Comments: 1880: Cost £1100 and mainly used in the Dundee & River Tay area
18/07/1905: Peter Matthew Stephenson became sole owner
Ownership was in trust for the widows of Peter & John Stephenson
07/1905: Axel Anderson agreed to purchase subject to examination in dock
The above transactions had not been registered at the time of the loss
21/08/1905: Foundered on passage Dundee to North Shields whilst in tow of RENOWN
Sank about 10 miles SE of the Isle of May, Firth of Forth
Thanks to John Evans & David Asprey for the above details


Above: EXCELSIOR on left. Photo copyright of Dundee Central Library