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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SE 181 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Gravelines i |
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Summary
GRAVELINES I, ENGLISH SPRITSAIL BARGE
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6561 7434 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SE |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WRECK (Visible in 1975, Modern - 1905 AD to 1971 AD)
Full description
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Registration No. IPSWICH 120785 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. GRAVELINES I (ex-HILDA) was built at Ipswich in 1905. She was owned by Pauls. She sank at Gravesend in 1947, is noted as having auxilliary power in 1949. She is further noted as being partly broken up at Sandfords Yard in 1971, and her remains being visible in 1975. Date reported partly broken up taken as date of loss. (1)
<1> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman, 9.1.e.iii, 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.iii, Page Nos. N/a. |
