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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 97 SW 27
Type of record:Maritime
Name:Baden powell

Summary

BADEN POWELL, ENGLISH SPRITSAIL BARGE


Grid Reference:TQ 9097 7226
Map Sheet:TQ97SW
Parish:QUEENBOROUGH, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • WRECK (A hulk in 1966, Post Medieval to Modern - 1900 AD to 1966 AD)

Full description

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Registration No. ROCHESTER 113686 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. BADEN POWELL was built at Gravesend in 1900. She was owned successively by Glover, Erith & Dartford Lighterage in 1934, Prior, Catford in 1937, Rayfield, Schmidt in 1946 and Eastwoods. She is noted as a motor barge in 1946, then as a hulk and as being visible in 1966. (1) No visible remains seen during November 2002 survey (2).


<1> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman, 9.5.a., Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6419.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2002, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot) (Bibliographic reference). SWX11840.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Bibliographic reference: Society for Spiritsail Barge Research. 1996. The last berth of the sailorman. 9.5.a., Page Nos. N/a.
<2>Bibliographic reference: Wessex Archaeology. 2002. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Field Assessment (Pilot).