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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 164 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Vavasour |
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Summary
VAVASOUR, ENGLISH SPRITSAIL BARGE
| 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
- FLOATING CRANE (built 1897, Post Medieval to Modern - 1897 AD to 1940 AD)
Full description
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Registration No. LONDON 108205 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. VAVASOUR was built at Blackwall in 1897. She was owned successively by Goldsmith, Smeed Dean, and A.P.C.M. She is noted as a lighter in 1931 and as a crane hulk in 1940. Date reported a crane hulk taken as date of loss. (1)
<1> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman, 9.1.e.ii., Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6419.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: Society for Spiritsail Barge Research. 1996. The last berth of the sailorman. 9.1.e.ii., Page Nos. N/a. |
