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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 87 SW 62
Type of record:Maritime
Name:Champion, Stoke Saltings

Summary

Remains of Champion, a derelict British barge in Stoke Saltings.

Grid Reference:TQ 8220 7411
Map Sheet:TQ87SW
Parish:STOKE, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • WRECK (delelict prior to 1986, Post Medieval to Modern - 1861 AD to 1986 AD)

Full description

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Method of Fix: Aerial Photograph Interpretation Photograph Number: KCC 1985 Line 7: 0131 Method of Fix: Aerial Photograph Interpretation Photograph Number: KCC 1990 Line 6: 0035 Registration No. IPSWICH 29854 On the 1961 and 1967 surveys this area is covered by water. On the 1985 survey the outline of a vessel can be seen apparently bows on to the saltmarsh. The site can just be distinguished on the 1990 photograph. The remains of Champion were reported visible in 1986. She was built at Ipswich in 1861. Site photograph (1).

Her successive owners are noted as Pauls and Goldfinch. She is described as derelict and a hulk. (2) Possible duplicate of TQ 87 SW 32. (3)


<1> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9439.

<2> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman, 9.4.f., Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6419.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document). SWX12121.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3053. print.
<2>Bibliographic reference: Society for Spiritsail Barge Research. 1996. The last berth of the sailorman. 9.4.f., Page Nos. N/a.
<3>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report.