Maritime record TR 36 SE 307 - Esther

Summary

ESTHER, ENGLISH SPRITSAIL BARGE Status: Casualty

Location

Grid reference TR 3848 6405 (point) NLO
Map sheet TR36SE
Civil Parish RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT
County KENT
District THANET, KENT

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Full Description

Registration No. LONDON 112721 Precise coordinates not available, last known location of vessel reported by Society for Spritsail Barge Research. ESTHER was built at Murston in 1900. She was owned successively by Smeed Dean, Schmidt and Sherry. She is described as a house barge and noted as breaking up under west harbour wall in a gale in 1957. Date reported broken up taken as date of loss. (1)


<1> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman, 9.6.b., Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6419.

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  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Society for Spiritsail Barge Research. 1996. The last berth of the sailorman. 9.6.b., Page Nos. N/a.

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Record last edited

Jan 8 2025 5:33PM