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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 86 NW 148
Type of record:Maritime
Name:George

Summary

GEORGE, ENGLISH SPRITSAIL BARGE


Grid Reference:TQ 826 674
Map Sheet:TQ86NW
Parish:GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • WRECK (broken up 1940, Post Medieval to Modern - 1870 AD to 1940 AD)

Full description

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Registration No. ROCHESTER 58518 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by the Society for Spritsail Research. GEORGE was built at Frindsbury by Curel in 1870. She was owned successivley by Brook of Tovil and L.R.T.C. She is noted as hulk and as broken up around 1940 and then as buried. Date reported as broken up taken as date of loss. (1)


<1> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman, 9.3.e, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6419.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Bibliographic reference: Society for Spiritsail Barge Research. 1996. The last berth of the sailorman. 9.3.e, Page Nos. N/a.