TQ 67 SE 164 - Sign - Historic Environment Record

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Maritime record TQ 67 SE 164 - Sign

Summary

1911 wreck of Norwegian cargo vessel which foundered at Shornmead in Gravesend Reach following a collision with a Port of London dredger. At the time of loss the SIGYN was outward-bound from London for Grimsby in ballast. Constructed of iron in 1872, she was a steam-driven vessel. Status: Casualty

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Grid reference	TQ 6561 7434 (point) NLO
Map sheet	TQ67SE
Civil Parish	GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT
County	KENT
District	GRAVESHAM, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

WRECK (Built 1872, Post Medieval to Modern - 1872 AD to 1911 AD)

Full Description

Name spelt as SIGN. Sank following collision with the steam hopper dredgers No.3 and No.6 of London; place of loss specified as Shornmead, Gravesend Reach. (3)

Built as MINNIE IRWINE for her first owners in West Hartlepool, 1872; thereafter sold into Norwegian service in 1896, changing hands in 1908.

Dimensions: 1041 tons gross, 652 net; 224.4 x 31.1 x 16.3 feet.

Foundered following collision with Port of London Authority Dredger No.3 off Gravesend. At the time she was en route from London to Grimsby in ballast. (4)

Built: 1872 (2)(3)(4)
Builder: R Irwine & Co. (4) [also her first owner]
Where Built: West Hartlepool (4)
Machinery: Blair & Co., Stockton-on-Tees (4)
Propulsion: Screw-driven, 2-cylinder compound engine (3)(4)
HP: 124 (4)
Crew: 16 (3)
Owner: A/S Sigyn (Alf Monsen), Tonsberg (4)

Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss

<1> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.

<2> Board of Trade Casualty Returns, 1911 Appx.C Table 1, Page Nos. 103 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6357.

<3> Larn, Richard and Bridget, 1995, Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 2 : Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Sussex, Kent (Mainland), Kent (Downs), Goodwin Sands, Thames (Bibliographic reference). SKE31910.

<4> Peter Higginbotham, 2000, The Workhouse (Website). SKE56079.

Sources/Archives (4)

<1> SKE6340 Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. Page Nos. N/a.
<2> SKE6357 Bibliographic reference: Board of Trade Casualty Returns. 1911 Appx.C Table 1, Page Nos. 103.
<3> SKE31910 Bibliographic reference: Larn, Richard and Bridget. 1995. Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 2 : Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Sussex, Kent (Mainland), Kent (Downs), Goodwin Sands, Thames.
<4> SKE56079 Website: Peter Higginbotham. 2000. The Workhouse.