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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 96 SW 121
Type of record:Maritime
Name:Pomona

Summary

POMONA, ENGLISH SPRITSAIL BARGE


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

Monument Types

  • WRECK (visible in 1986, Post Medieval to Modern - 1878 AD to 1952 AD)

Full description

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Registration No. ROCHESTER 78543 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. Pomona was built at Sittingbourne by Shrubsall in 1878. She was owned successively by Overy, Prentis and Burley. She is noted as being burnt in 1952 and then derelict. Her remains were reported visible in 1986 Date reported burnt taken as date of loss. (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.