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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 67 NE 54
Type of record:Maritime
Name:Triumph, Thames foreshore, by Shorne Marshes

Summary

British Ketch, 1885, on the Thames foreshore by Shorne Marshes.


Grid Reference:TQ 6848 7518
Map Sheet:TQ67NE
Parish:GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

  • WRECK (Built 1881, Post Medieval - 1881 AD to 1885 AD)

Full description

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Sank following collision with the SS. RENOWN, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, in wind conditions E. force 1 and fog. Additional cargo consisted of fire bricks. Year Built: 1881 Owner: W. Thomas, Newquay Master: Hockin. R. J Crew: 5 Crew Lost: 0 Passengers: 0 Date of Loss Qualifier: A (1). Additional reference (2). Any surviving remains of this vessel were not visible two hours after low tide during the 2005 survey (3)


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

<2> Board of Trade Casualty Returns, 1885 Appx.C Table 1, Page Nos. 144 (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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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. 1885 Appx.C Table 1, Page Nos. 144.
<3>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.