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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 87 SW 42
Type of record:Maritime
Name:Swale

Summary

SWALE, ENGLISH SPRITSAIL BARGE


Grid Reference:TQ 8303 7364
Map Sheet:TQ87SW
Parish:STOKE, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • WRECK (Still visible 1986, Post Medieval - 1864 AD to 1864 AD)

Full description

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Registration No. ROCHESTER 47955 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. Swale was built at Sittingbourne in 1864. She was owned successively by E Clarke, Brice and A.P.C.M. She is noted as a hulk, then a derelict. Her remains were reported to be visible in 1986.


<1> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman, 9.4.f., Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6419.

Sources and further reading

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<1>Bibliographic reference: Society for Spiritsail Barge Research. 1996. The last berth of the sailorman. 9.4.f., Page Nos. N/a.