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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NE 201 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Busy body |
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Summary
BUSY BODY, ENGLISH SPRITSAIL BARGE
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7520 6873 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ76NE |
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| Parish: | FRINDSBURY EXTRA, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WRECK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
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Registration No. ROCHESTER 118218 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. BUSY BODY was built at Rochester by Brice in 1905. She was owned by Brice. She is noted as stranding at Allington in 1940, being a derelict and then being broken up around 1945. Date reported as broken up taken as date of loss
<1> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman, 9.2.p., 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. 9.2.p., Page Nos. N/a. |
