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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 96 NE 20 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | George, English spritsail barge, Conyer Creek, Tonge |
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Summary
The George, an english spritsail barge, was built at Musrston in 1879. Reconstructed as a yacht in 1903, it was later used as a house barge and finally broken up around 1960.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9610 6550 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ96NE |
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| Parish: | TONGE, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WRECK (broken up around 1960, Post Medieval to Modern - 1879 AD to 1960 AD)
Full description
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Registration No. ROCHESTER 81851 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. George was built at Murston in 1879, and rebuilt in 1903 as a yacht. She was owned by Smeed Dean . She is noted a house barge then hulk and as being broken up around 1960. Date reported broken up taken as date of loss (1). Site photograph (2).
<1> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman, 9.5.h., Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6419.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9433.
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.h., Page Nos. N/a. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4119. print. |
