| Name: | EXCELSIOR |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 22/11/1854 |
| Completed: | 03/1855 |
| Builder: | Coutts & Parkinson |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 447grt, 359nrt, 175.9 x 23.1 x 13.5ft; (1860: 420grt, 286nrt, 180.0 x 24.2 x 13.6ft) |
| Engines: | 70nhp |
| Engines by: | Robert Stephenson & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 8110 |
| History: | |
| 08/03/1855 | Edward Covey et al, Belfast; registered at Belfast |
| 1857 | Belfast Screw Steam Shipping Co, Belfast |
| 31/12/1860 | Richard Glover et al, Hull; registered at Hull |
| by 1865 | Lofthouse, Glover & Co, Hull |
| 04/02/1866 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 03/1855: Trading as the Northern Steam Company |
| 04/02/1866: Wrecked on Borkum Reef near the island of Juist, off Emden | |
| On a voyage from Hull to Hamburg carrying 6 x passengers, mail & general cargo |
Newcastle Guardian & Tyne Mercury, Saturday, 25/11/1854
Banner of Ulster, Thursday, 01/03/1855
Manchester Courier, Tuesday, 20/02/1866