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Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Newlyn's old timer, the Excellent.

The fishing vessel Excellent, now the oldest in the Stevenson fleet could be bought for £1 - a real piece of British maritime history with clandestine voyages during WWII to the coast of Norway just some of her incredible past adventures.


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She is the only vessel in Newlyn with a crow's nest - in fact, both for and aft masts are fitted with them - who knows why?

Previous names

  1. 1931 – 1946Efficient

Key dates

  1. 1937 Bought by Stevenson's of Newlyn
  2. 1941-1945 Requisitioned by the Admiralty


  1. 1932 The Motor Boat Full page advertisement by Petters of Yeovil
  2. 1988 Lost Ships of the West Country - Langley, M and Small, E
  3. 1995 Olsen's Fisherman's Nautical Almanack 1995
  4. 1997 The English Welsh and Northern Ireland Fishing Vessel List as at 30 June 1997 - Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
  5. 1997 Classic Boat High, Wide and Mighty
  6. 1998 Classic Boat Seven Days at the Hake
  7. 1998 Olsen's Fisherman's Nautical Almanack 1998
  8. 2001 Growing up with Boats - Stevenson, William