Maritime record TR 28 SE 35 - FRED EVERARD

Summary

Remains of an English cargo vessel which foundered just east of Princes No.1 buoy, approximately 8 miles NW of Margate after a collision with another vessel. She had been en route from Rochester to Totnes. Built as a sailing barge (probably spritsail) of steel in South Shields in 1926, she was converted to an engine-driven vessel in 1938.

Location

Grid reference TR 2728 8146 (point)
Map sheet TR28SE
County KENT

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Charted as FRED EVERARD, 'entire wreck' in the Marine zone.
Vessel structure:
Lies in position 51°29.15N, 001°16.44E at a depth of 15.3m in a general depth of 18m.
Sonar dimensions: 35 x 8m. Orientation: 80°. Scour depth 5.3m, scour length 10m.
'Upright, intact, scour all around.'
Documentary evidence:
'Passage Rochester for Totnes. Sank following collision in fog with MV WALSTREAM.'
'Foundered'
Built: 1926 ; 1925
Builder: Fellows and Company Limited
Where built: Great Yarmouth
Breadth: 7m Depth: 2.7m
Tonnage: 229
Object material: Steel
Propulsion: Originally sail-powered, then re-built and engined in 1938- fitted with a screw-driven 4 cylinder oil engine.
Owner: Alfred Everard Limited
She was owned by the same company that owned the ALF EVERARD (recorded as 1524336) which had been a
spritsail barge before she was engined. As they were both part of the same fleet, it is conjectured that the FRED
EVERARD also started life as a spritsail barge, even though this is not explicitly stated in the sources.


<1> Wreck Site (www.wrecksite.eu) (Website). SKE18181.

<2> 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.

<3> 2010, < http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz (Website). SKE56465.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Website: Wreck Site (www.wrecksite.eu).
  • <2> 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.
  • <3> Website: 2010. < http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz.

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Record last edited

Sep 2 2024 1:29PM