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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 57 NE 41
Type of record:Maritime
Name:Lord Howe

Summary

BRITISH KETCH, 1885


Grid Reference:TQ 5919 7581
Map Sheet:TQ57NE
Parish:SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • WRECK (Built 1767, Post Medieval - 1767 AD to 1885 AD)

Full description

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Sank following collision with the SS. KENT, of London, in wind conditions SW. force 2, off Swanscombe. Year Built: 1767 Owner: J. Tope, Oreston, Devon Master: Tope. J. H Crew: 3 Crew Lost: 0 Passengers: 0 Date of Loss Qualifier: A (1). Additional reference (2).


<1> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.

<2> Board of Trade Casualty Returns, 1885 Appx.C Table III, Page Nos. 166 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6357.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. Page Nos. N/a.
<2>Bibliographic reference: Board of Trade Casualty Returns. 1885 Appx.C Table III, Page Nos. 166.