Excelsior: Eyemouth Beach, North Sea
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Excelsior: Eyemouth Beach, North Sea
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Eyemouth Harbour; Firth Of Forth; Outer Forth Estuary; Excelsior
Canmore ID 198861
Site Number NT96SW 8014
NGR NT 944 644
NGR Description NT c. 944 644
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Maritime - Scottish Borders, The
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NT96SW 8014 c. 944 644
N55 52.4 W2 5.4
NLO: Eyemouth [name: NT 945 644].
Not to be confused with NT96SW 8013.
20 April 1888. EXCELSIOR. 7 years. Not reg. Wood lugger. 30 ton. 7 crew. Master and owner J. Dougal, Eyemouth. Eyemouth to fishing. Ballast. Wind NNE7. Eyemouth.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1887-88 (1889 [C.5730] LXIX.597).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1711).
(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: registration number cited as BK 891 and date of loss as 5 March 1881). This vessel stranded at Eyemouth.
I G Whittaker 1998.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3974
Name : EXCELSIOR
Latitude : 555230
Longitude : 20500
Date Built : 1881
Registration : Not Registered
Type : LUGGER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 30
Loss Day : 20
Loss Month : 4
Loss Year : 1888
Comment : Stranded Eyemouth. Capt. Dougal
Cargo : BALLAST