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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 86 NW 149 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Heron |
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Summary
HERON, ENGLISH SPRITSAIL BARGE
| Grid Reference: | TQ 829 675 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ86NW |
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| Parish: | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WRECK (broken up around 1955, Post Medieval to Modern - 1884 AD to 1936 AD)
Full description
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Registration No. ROCHESTER 90967 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by the Society for Spritsail Barge Research. HERON was built at Milton Creek in 1884. She was owned by Eastwoods. She is noted as a hulk in 1936 and as being broken up around 1955. Ddate reported as hulked 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
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| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: Society for Spiritsail Barge Research. 1996. The last berth of the sailorman. 9.3.e, Page Nos. N/a. |
