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Excelsior | Official Number
28402
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The Excelsior was a brigantine built at Whitehaven by Lumley
Kennedy & Co., and launched on the 3rd August 1860. She was registered
at Whitehaven and was owned by Kelly & Co.
The Excelsior was lost with all hands on a voyage from Villa Real to Liverpool in March 1862.
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Name
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Year Built
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Gross Tons
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Length (feet)
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Breadth (feet)
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Depth (feet)
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Masts
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Figurehead
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Stern
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Lloyd's Classn.
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Excelsior
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1860
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126
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82.0
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21.5
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12.0
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2
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A1, 9 years, Special Survey
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Sources :
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"Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum
(1984) - gives date of loss as March 1862.
- Mercantile Navy List 1864: Excelsior, 126 tons, official number 28402, signal letters PWHK, registered at Whitehaven.
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Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1863-4: Excelsior, brigantine,
126 tons, built by Kennedy at Whitehaven in August 1860, registered at
Whitehaven, owned by Kelly & Co., master Capt.T.Kelly - entry annotated
"Wrecked".