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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SE 61 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Freston tower |
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Summary
FRESTON TOWER, ENGLISH SPRITSAIL BARGE
| 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 1954, Post Medieval to Modern - 1889 AD to 1954 AD)
Full description
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Registration No. IPSWICH 95307 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. FRESTON TOWER was built at Harwich by Cann in 1889. She was owned successively by Haste, Scholey, Beard and, in 1935, L.R.T.C.. She is noted as being broken up for firewood in March 1954. Date reported broken up taken as date of loss. (1)
<1> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman, 9.4.e., 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. 9.4.e., Page Nos. N/a. |
