Maritime record TQ 76 NW 188 - Falconet

Summary

FALCONET, ENGLISH SPRITSAIL BARGE

Location

Grid reference TQ 7143 6692 (point) NLO
Map sheet TQ76NW
County KENT
Civil Parish CUXTON, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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Full Description

Registration No. ROCHESTER 118221 See also Temporary SMR Number (Kent) TQ 76 NW 13 - TQ 76 NW 24 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. FALCONET was built at Strood in 1899. She was owned successively by Watson, Gowen, Howe and Francis & Gilders. She was sold in 1952 and is then noted as a house barge at Chertsey, then a hulk, and finally as being buried in a wharf in 1983. (1)


<1> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman, 9.2.j., Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6419.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Society for Spiritsail Barge Research. 1996. The last berth of the sailorman. 9.2.j., Page Nos. N/a.

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Record last edited

Nov 12 2024 11:38AM