Excelsior
 Official Number
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The Excelsior was a brigantine built at Whitehaven by Lumley Kennedy & Co. , and launched in August 1860. She was registered at Whitehaven and was owned by Kelly & Co. Her master was named as T.Kelly in 1863/4 (see Source 2), when the vessel was wrecked.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
 Excelsior
1851
 126
 
 
 
2
 
 
 A1, 9 years

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984).
  2. Lloyds Register of Shipping, 1861 and 1863/4 - latter edition is annotated "wrecked".
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