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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 76 NE 207 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Irex |
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Summary
IREX, 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)
- SEA DEFENCES (SEA DEFENCES, Modern - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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Registration No. ROCHESTER 118202 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. IREX was built at Rochester in 1903. She was owned successively by Pine and Hutson. She is noted as being laid up in 1939, derelict in 1948 and then as being broken up and forming part of the sea wall. Date reported laid 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. |
