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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 96 SW 132 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Mersey |
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Summary
MERSEY, 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 (broken up 1950, Post Medieval to Modern - 1881 AD to 1946 AD)
Full description
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Registration No. ROCHESTER 84406 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. MERSEY was built at Rochester in 1881. She was owned successively by .Peters, B.P.C.M. and Kent River Board She is noted as derelict in 1946 and as being broken up in 1950 on the mainland. Date reported derelict taken as date of loss. (1)
<1> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman, 9.5.f., Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6419.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: Society for Spiritsail Barge Research. 1996. The last berth of the sailorman. 9.5.f., Page Nos. N/a. |
