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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NE 196 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Medway |
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Summary
MEDWAY, ENGLISH SPRITSAIL BARGE
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7853 6977 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NE |
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| Parish: | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WRECK (last mentioned 1955, Post Medieval to Modern - 1865 AD to 1940 AD)
Full description
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Registration No. ROCHESTER 50308 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. MEDWAY was built at Faversham by Goldfinch in 1865. She was owned successively by Hilton Anderson and Brooks, A.P.C.M., and in 1928 by Wadhams and Smeed. She is noted as a lighter. She is then noted as being partially buried at the Gas works around 1940 and completely buried by 1955. Date reported partly buried taken as date of loss. (1)
<1> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman, 9.3.c.i., 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. 9.3.c.i., Page Nos. N/a. |
