Maritime record TQ 87 SE 132 - Wiltshire

Summary

REMAINS OF BARGE, POSSIBLY THE WILTSHIRE

Location

Grid reference TQ 8762 7150 (point) FCE
Map sheet TQ87SE
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish IWADE, SWALE, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Method of Fix: Aerial Photograph Interpretation Photograph Number: KCC 1961 Line 7:6858 Registration No. 125692 A dark, barge-sized shape, feature lying roughly east-west in the intertidal mud. Scouring can be seen to the north. This can be compared with KCC 1967: 1393 on which the feature has become more than half buried since the earlier photograph. The area is not covered on the 1985 survey. On the 1990 survey (KCC 1990 Line 8: 0146) the site appears to have become almost completely covered by mud. The site is reported to be Wiltshire with Hereford lying on top of her. The remains were visible in 1986 (1). Wiltshire was built at Sittingbourne by Eastwood in 1908. She was owned by Eastwoods and then the War Department. She is noted as being laid up in 1937 and as sinking during the war (1). Site photograph (2).


<1> Society for Spiritsail Barge Research, 1996, The last berth of the sailorman, 9.3.g., Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6419.

<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9568.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Society for Spiritsail Barge Research. 1996. The last berth of the sailorman. 9.3.g., Page Nos. N/a.
  • <2> Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4053. print.

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Record last edited

Jan 31 2025 12:51PM