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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 142 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Duchess of kent |
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Summary
BRITISH STEAMSHIP,1852
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6271 7462 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SW |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WRECK (built 1838, Post Medieval - 1838 AD to 1852 AD)
Full description
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Date of Loss Qualifier: A Built: 1838 Crew:15 In collision with the Ravensbourne, she immediately began to fill and sank, bows foremost 5 minutes after the accident. The passengers and crew with one sxception were rescued by the Ravensbourne and landed at Gravesend.The mast appeared above the surface at low water (1). Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: LL.02.07.1852 p93 (2).
<1> Board of Trade Casualty Returns, 1850, Page Nos. 92 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6357.
<2> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: Board of Trade Casualty Returns. 1850, Page Nos. 92. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. Page Nos. N/a. |
