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Career

''Marcellus'' first appeared in ''

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Fate

''Marcellus'', Ahorn, master, wrecked on 13 August 1820 on Saugor Island, in the River Hooghly. She was sailing to Calcutta from Holland. Her cargo was saved.

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* {{cite book , last=Hackman , first=Rowan , year=2001 , title=Ships of the East India Company , location=Gravesend, Kent , publisher=World Ship Society , ISBN=0-905617-96-7 1811 ships Ships built in Boston Maritime incidents in August 1820