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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 96 SW 127
Type of record:Maritime
Name:Vectis

Summary

VECTIS, ENGLISH SPRITSAIL BARGE


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

Monument Types

  • WRECK (burnt 1952, Post Medieval to Modern - 1895 AD to 1936 AD)

Full description

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Registration No. LONDON 105907 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. VECTIS was built at Sittingbourne by White in 1895. She was owned successively by Kent and Burley. She is noted as being laid up in 1936 and being burnt in 1952. Date reported laid up 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.