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Excelsior GY 317

26/08/1882 Dandy Collision with Smack SCOTTISH CHIEF of Grimsby approx 40 miles E of Spurn Point

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Clyde GY 317

Clyde built 26/03/1891 Cochranes of Selby for Thomas C Moss & Others Grimsby
06/10/1905 Rescued 8 crew from the sinking Russian Schooner Anna Matilda in the North Sea
02/1915 Requisitioned as a Mine sweeper then Auxiliary Patrol
14/11/1917 English Channel – In collision with armed trawler Flintshire at 0420 with armed boarding steamer Rowan 1,493grt
Sank off Sidmouth Devon no lives lost 


Her Details are 

  • Official Number 96247
  • Yard Number 45
  • Admiralty Number FY 971
  • Armament 1-3pdr
  • GT 160 NT 68
  • Quarter Deck 17 Foc’sle 17
  • Dimensions 97.2 x 20.6 x 11.0
  • Engines by C D Holmes 45 NHP 3 Cyl 10.0 Knots

14/11/1917 Foundered following Collision off Sidmouth whilst in Admiralty Service