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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 96 SW 78
Type of record:Maritime
Name:Vera, Milton Creek

Summary

Vera, English Spritsail Barge, Milton Creek.


Grid Reference:TQ 9148 6486
Map Sheet:TQ96SW
Parish:SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • WRECK (broken up 1950, Post Medieval to Modern - 1897 AD to 1937 AD)

Full description

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Registration No. ROCHESTER 108506 Precise co-ordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. VERA was built at Sittingbourne in 1897. She was owned Wood of Milton. She is noted as being laid up in 1937 and as being broken up in 1950. Date reported laid up taken as date of loss.(1) Seen in 2004 with the remains of two other barges identified in this location. There is no evidence to specifically identify the Vera. (2)


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

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document). SWX12121.

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.e.i., Page Nos. N/a.
<2>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report.