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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 96 SW 118 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Carisbrooke castle |
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Summary
CARISBROOKE CASTLE, ENGLISH SPRITSAIL BARGE
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9148 6486 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ96SW |
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| Parish: | SITTINGBOURNE, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WRECK (laid up 1937, visible 1986, Post Medieval to Modern - 1890 AD to 1952 AD)
Full description
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Registration No. LONDON 98104 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. Carisbrooke Castle was built at Harwich by Cann in 1890. She was owned successively by Walker & Howard, Scholey in 1919 and S W Burley in 1927. She is described as a ketch. She is noted as laid up in 1937 and broken up in 1952. Her remains were reported visible in 1986. (1)
<1> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman, 9.5.e.vii., Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6419.
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.vii., Page Nos. N/a. |
