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Monument details

HER Number:TR 06 NE 7
Type of record:Maritime
Name:Louisa, Leysdown-on-Sea

Summary

Merchant barge, 1889


Grid Reference:TR 053 691
Map Sheet:TR06NE
Parish:LEYSDOWN, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • WRECK (Lost 1889, Post Medieval - 1869 AD to 1889 AD)

Full description

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Vessel drove ashore and was lost in wind conditions WSW force 4. Year Built: 1869 Owner: O Dan, Faversham Master: W H Gregory Crew: 2 Crew Lost: 0 Passengers: 0 Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index. Board of Trade Wreck Return 1889 Appx.C Table 1 p110; (1). Deep sand covered by mud, no wreck remains visible during 2005 coastal survey (2)


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

<2> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.