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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 86 NW 157 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Swiftsure |
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Summary
SWIFTSURE, ENGLISH SPRITSAIL BARGE
| Grid Reference: | TQ 829 673 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ86NW |
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| Parish: | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WRECK (visible in 1980, Post Medieval to Modern - 1867 AD to 1970 AD)
Full description
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Registration No. ROCHESTER 58434 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. SWIFTSURE was built at Halling by Lee in 1867. She was owned successively by Clarke, Scott, Marsland, Gillett and W Peat. She is noted as a hulk, as being broken up around 1970 and her remains as visible in 1980. Date reported 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
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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. |
