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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SE 67 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Metropolis |
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Summary
METROPOLIS, 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 around 1960, Post Medieval to Modern - 1863 AD to 1960 AD)
Full description
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Registration No. ROCHESTER 45516 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. METROPOLIS was built at Rochester in 1863. She was owned successively by Knight, Otterham and Brice. She is noted as being broken up around 1960. 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. |
