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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 SE 307 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Esther |
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Summary
ESTHER, ENGLISH SPRITSAIL BARGE
| Grid Reference: | TR 3848 6405 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36SE |
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| Parish: | RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WRECK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
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Registration No. LONDON 112721 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. ESTHER was built at Murston in 1900. She was owned successively by Smeed Dean, Schmidt and Sherry. She is described as a house barge and noted as breaking up under west harbour wall in a gale in 1957. Date reported broken up taken as date of loss.
<1> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman, 9.6.b., 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. 9.6.b., Page Nos. N/a. |
