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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SE 192 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Surprise |
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Summary
SURPRISE, 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 (A hulk in 1938, Post Medieval to Modern - 1878 AD to 1938 AD)
Full description
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Registration No. FAVERSHAM 75278 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. SURPRISE was built at Faversham in 1878. She was owned successively by Usher, Gillet, Cotton Powder, Austen and Woods. She is noted as a hulk in 1938. Date reported hulked 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. |
