This is the information page about the shipwreck Excelsior, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 7.29 N,2 55.07 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

1. 090
2. Ac6
3. Almeria
4. Aorangi
5. Ardanbhan
6. Argyll
7. Atlantic (possibly)
8. B 109 (part)
9. Bayern (turrets & wreckage)
10. Bellavista
11. Bremse
12. Brummer
13. Busy bee (part of)
14. Carolina thornden
15. Carron
16. Charisma
17. Clio
18. Clio ii
19. Collingdoc
20. Cotovia (probably)
21. Daghestan (probably)
22. Damari
23. Danmark (after part)
24. Dresden
25. Edinboune
26. Elegance
27. Elton
28. Emerald wings
29. Empire seaman
30. Empire seaman
31. Energy
32. Ephram
33. Excelsior
34. Eyfirdingur
35. F2
36. Faro
37. Freesia
38. G101
39. G103
40. G104
41. Gartmore
42. Gondolier
43. Grosser kurfurst
44. Hindenburg
45. Hmd chance
46. Hmd lustring
47. Hmd lustring
48. Hmd lustring
49. Hms albacore (bow section)
50. Hms dewey eve
51. Hms endeavour
52. Hms loch garry
53. Hms oceana
54. Hms rose valley
55. Hms royal oak
56. Hms strathgarry
57. Hms vanguard
58. Hms zarefah
59. Ilsenstein
60. Irene
61. James barrie
62. Juanita
63. Juniata (fore part)
64. Jv 526
65. Jv 751
66. Kaiser
67. Kaiserin
68. Karlsruhe
69. Koln
70. Konig
71. Kronprinz wilhelm
72. Lapland
73. Lizzie bain (possibly)
74. Loch maddy (stern section)
75. Lorne
76. Lycia
77. Mara
78. Markgraf
79. Martis
80. Martis
81. Minieh
82. Naja (part of)
83. Napier star
84. Navena
85. Numidian
86. Numidian
87. Ocean racer
88. Pinnace 288
89. Pinnace 744
90. Pontos
91. Prinzregent luitpold
92. Prudentia
93. Radiation
94. Reginald
95. Reinfield
96. Remus
97. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
98. Rosewood
99. S 36 (bow section)
100. Scandinavic
101. Seydlitz
102. Skua flaes beacon
103. Swiftsure
104. Tbf fn899
105. Teeswood
106. Tennessee
107. Thames
108. Tommeline
109. Tosto
110. Ub 116
111. V 78 (part of)
112. V83
113. Yc 21

 

Name: EXCELSIOR

Length 30.6 meter, width: 6.3 meter, draught: 3.3, tonnage 148 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built 1889 by cook, welton & gemmell ltd, hull, with 2 cylinder compound engine of 45hp, 1 boiler, single shaft. machinery by bailey & leetham, hull. owned at time of loss by humber steam trawling co ltd, hull. stranded & lost on point of the graand, egilsay in sw force 8 winds. (sibi)

Year of registration: 2007

Water depth above wreck: 3 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: SEP 2007/000037519 16.5.07 REMAINS OF S TRAWLER EXCELSIOR LIE IN 5907.290N, 0255.07W [WGD]. LIES NE/SW, BOWS NE, IN GEN DEPTH 3MTRS. BOILER IS HIGHEST POINT WHICH DRIES 1MTRS AT LW. METAL SPIKES EXTEND FROM EITHER SIDE OF BOILER. (K HEATH, TELECON 19.4.07) INS AS OB DRIES 1MTR. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOILER DRIES AT LW

Position: 59 7.29 N,2 55.07 W

 

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