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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 96 NE 25 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Band of Hope, English spritsail barge, Conyer Creek, Tonge |
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Summary
An English spritsail barge, Band of Hope was built at Sittingbourne in 1870. She was derelict at the mouth of Conyer Creek by 1937 and broken up in 1965. No remains are visible now.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 963 656 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ96NE |
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| Parish: | TONGE, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WRECK (broken up 1965, Post Medieval to Modern - 1878 AD to 1937 AD)
Full description
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Registration No. ROCHESTER 78546 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. BAND OF HOPE was built at Sittingbourne by Spencelaugh in 1878. She was owned successively by Packham and Eastwoods. She is noted as derelict in 1937 and as being broken up in 1965. Date reported derelict taken as date of loss. (1). There are no visible remains of the barge. The barge may have been removed, buried in mud or marked in the incorrect location. (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> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.
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> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
