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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SW 168 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Garfield |
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Summary
GARFIELD, 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
- WRECK (built 1882, Post Medieval to Modern - 1882 AD to 1951 AD)
Full description
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Registration No. ROCHESTER 84440 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. GARFIELD was built at Murston by Smeed Dean in 1882, and re-built in 1920. She was owned successively by Smeed Dean, A.P.C.M. in 1947, and Rayfield. She is noted as being derelict in Robin's Creek in 1951 and as being buried. Date reported as derelict 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. |
