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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 SE 160
Type of record:Maritime
Name:Mary Frances, by Gravesham

Summary

Mary Frances, a merchant spritsail barge, 1908 lost near Gravesham.


Grid Reference:TQ 6561 7434
Map Sheet:TQ67SE
Parish:GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

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Sank following collision with the SS ENTERPRISE, of Sunderland, in wind conditions E force 1. Year Built: 1862 Owner: H Wright and Son, Maidstone, Kent Master: C Frederick Crew: 3 Crew Lost: 0 Passengers: 1 Passengers Lost: 0 Date of Loss Qualifier: A (1). Additional reference (2). No visible remains of the vessel during the 2005 coastal survey point proabably a named location so not the true location of the vessel (3)


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

<2> Board of Trade Casualty Returns, 1908 Appx C Table 1, Page Nos. 136 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6357.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

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. 1908 Appx C Table 1, Page Nos. 136.
<3>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.