Envoy |
| Hob Uid: 1574480 | |
Location :
Gloucestershire
Stroud
Hinton
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| Grid Ref : SO6867004400 |
| Summary : Remains of ENVOY a Stroudwater barge, beached at Purton 1909. Part of the Hulk assemblage at Purton to shore up the bank beween the River Severn and the Gloucester Sharpness canal. Built by Joseph Barnard, Gloucester c1890s. The remains are almost entirely buried. |
More information : Wreck of wooden barge ENVOY beached in 1909 between east foreshore of Severn Estuary and Gloucester and Sharpness Canal at Purton. Forms part of the ship's graveyard or Hulk assemblage known as the 'Purton Hulks'.
(1)
Canoed Stern Stroudwater Barge, built by Joseph Barnard, Gloucester c. 1890s. Beached December 1909. Length c. 68.4ft Width c. 12.6ft Depth c. 3.11ft Gross tonnage c. 40 - 80 (2)
Numbered 2 according to Barnett 2004 and first visible on aerial photographs by 1946, but no longer visible by 2001. On the whole buried, but may be visible from the ground. (3)
Bow of Envoy still visible above ground (4) |