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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 76 NE 167
Type of record:Maritime
Name:Farola

Summary

FAROLA, ENGLISH SPRITSAIL BARGE


Grid Reference:TQ 7520 6873
Map Sheet:TQ76NE
Parish:FRINDSBURY EXTRA, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • WRECK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

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Registration No. ROCHESTER 104302 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. FAROLA was built at Rochester by Hyams in 1894. She was owned Brice. She sank in 1926 in a collision with SS Batavia. Her hulk was reported in 1986 as buried and partly visible.


<1> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman, 9.2.l., Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6419.

Sources and further reading

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<1>Bibliographic reference: Society for Spiritsail Barge Research. 1996. The last berth of the sailorman. 9.2.l., Page Nos. N/a.