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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SE 57 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Bessie Hart, Hoo Island |
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Summary
Bessie Hart, English Spritsail Barge, by Hoo Fort, Hoo Island.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7967 7022 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77SE |
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| Parish: | HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WRECK (broken up 1960, Post Medieval to Modern - 1866 AD to 1960 AD)
Full description
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Registration No. FAVERSHAM 52900 Precise co-ordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. BESSIE HART was built at Sittingbourne in 1866. She was owned successively by Woods, Brice, and Hoo Brick. She is noted as derelict in 1937 and as being broken up in 1960. Date reported derelict taken as date of loss. (1) No remains of a Spritsail barge were recorded in 2004, rather, stakes were recorded similar to TQ 77 SE 1025. (2)
<1> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman, 9.4.e., Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6419.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document). SWX12121.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: Society for Spiritsail Barge Research. 1996. The last berth of the sailorman. 9.4.e., Page Nos. N/a. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report. |
