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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 76 NE 197
Type of record:Maritime
Name:Loo

Summary

LOO, ENGLISH SPRITSAIL BARGE


Grid Reference:TQ 7853 6977
Map Sheet:TQ76NE
Parish:GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • WRECK (broken up 1938-1939, Post Medieval to Modern - 1876 AD to 1939 AD)

Full description

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Registration No. LONDON 87051 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. LOO was built at Greenhithe by Keep in 1876. She was owned successively by White, A.P.C.M. and in 1926 Simmonds. She is described as a swimmy. She is noted as being broken up off shore in 1938 - 1939. Date reported as broken up taken as date of loss. (1)


<1> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman, 9.3.c.ii., 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. 9.3.c.ii., Page Nos. N/a.