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Skippers Brooks 1894 Quantrill 1914 . Damaged WW2 by incendiary bomb 1941 in Ipswich & hulked outside Orvis yard in Ipswich. Hulk Visible LW Springs. There was another barge by this name which  capsized 1966 off Maplin.

Google Earth – Hulk of Excelsior. Note Excelsior is the faint top hulk, the lower is an old lifting barge.

Excelsior Hulk at Ipswich

 

Hulk of Excelsior at Ipswich- WHG photo

Main trade Cement
Name Excelsior
Port of Registry Maldon
Off. No. 68319
Tonnage 48
Tonnage system 0
Where built Sittingbourne
Builder Shrubsall
When built 1879
Length ft. 74.2
Beam ft. 18.3
Draught ft. 5.3
Changes 0
Rig/Hull 0
Owners Mason 1888, Cranfield 1912
History Skippers Brooks 1894 Quantrill .There was another by the same name. Damaged WW2 by incendiary bomb 1941 in Ipswich & hulked outside Orvis yard in Ipswich. Hulk Visible LW Springs. Another by this name which  capsized 1966 off Maplin.
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Location 0

 

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