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Excelsior Wreckage This is all that remains of the 37ft creel boat Excelsior which hit the cliffs and sank at the Mull...
Excelsior Wreckage All that's left of the wheel house from the 37ft fishing boat Excelsior [which sank on 30/1/08]
Ashore? Date is a guess. I think this ship was in a spot of bother. It seems to be parked at the east sid...
Lifeboat Date is a guess. A lifeboat leaving Kirkwall Pier. [Sailing uphill into a gale- I assume that yo...
Old Stromness Lifeboat This pic was taken at a boatyard in North Wales by Donald N Macdonald and was sent to me by Jeff Mor...
Bow of Excelsior Bow section of the 37ft fishing boat Excelsior wedged in the rocks.
Excelsior I took this picture in Hoy Sound a few years back. The boat sank off Mull Head,Deerness last Wed...
YW Catamarans at Kirkwall Pier I would guess a Kirkwall Regatta Day. Anyone help with boat and owner/crew names? K6 is Samoa - Ian...
Lifeboat Same boat as picture #8149
Gales 31 Jan 1953 Earl Sigurd at pier. [Interesting sign lying on the shore too- what was that for? - Steven]
Earl Thorfinn Earl Thorfinn approaching Westray terminal on 31st Jan '08
Orcades Warrior [Date estimated- any idea?]

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