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Name: EXCELSIOR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/11/1854
Completed: 1855
Builder: Coutts & Parkinson
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 447grt, 359nrt, 175.9 x 23.1 x 13.5ft; (1861: 420grt, 286nrt, 180.0 x 24.2 x 13.6ft)
Engines: 70nhp
Engines by: Stephenson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 8110
History:
1855 Edward Covey et al, Belfast; registered at Belfast
1857 Belfast Screw Steam Shipping Co
1860 Richard Glover et al; registered at Hull
No later history known
Comments:


Newcastle Guardian & Tyne Mercury, Saturday, 25th November 1854