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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 97 SW 35 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Sea defences, built using Spritsail barge SURPRISE |
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Summary
Sea defences, built using SURPRISE, English Spritsail barge
| Grid Reference: | TQ 908 720 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ97SW |
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| Parish: | QUEENBOROUGH, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SPRITSAIL BARGE (Unknown to Modern)
- SEA DEFENCES (incorporated after 1940, Modern - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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Registration No. COLCHESTER Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. SURPRISE was built at Maldon by Howard in 1879. She was owned successively by Strutt, Howe and Burley. She is noted as derelict in 1940. She was subsequently built into the sea wall. Her remains were reported visible in 1966. Date reported derelict taken as date of loss. (1) Cross Reference with TQ 97 SW 1071 "Derelict barge" visible in 1946 Aerial Photograph. (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> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9518.
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> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3141. print. |
Related records
| TQ 97 SW 1071 | Parent of: Derelict barge, possibly Spritsail Barge "The Surprise" (Maritime) |
