Wreck of Thames sailing barge, 'British Lion of Rochester', Maldon Promenade Creek (EHER 13735)

The Thames sailing barge 'British Lion' was built at Rochester in 1879. It was later converted to a yacht, then hulked and burnt at Maldon Promenade Creek.

British Lion of Rochester, Official No. 81846, 43 ton, built at Rochester 1879 owned by Burford, L.R.B.C. and Surridge. Converted to yacht, hulked and burnt down to bottom at Maldon Promenade Creek. <1> <2> See aerial photographs <3> <4> <5>. British Lion was hulked at the Maldon Barge Graveyard (EHER 82000) by 1981. <6> Note: Whilst it is known that the British Lion is one of the hulked vessels at the Maldon Barge Graveyard (EHER 82000), it has not been possible to distinguish it from the other vessels and as such this record has been mapped using a bounding polygon to denote the area the barge lies within. NRHE data transfer, 802124, 1520125 and 1520126: Horizontal Datum: OGB <7> Vertical Datum: LAT <7> Buoyage: WKS <7> 09-SEP-1981: This position covers three wrecks. <7> 09-SEP-1981: Three wrecks in 51 43.28N 00 41.57E (HMS HECATE), in 2m depth. <8> Seen to be located in the inter-tidal zone south of Promenade Park. <9> Note: The NRHE holds records for three vessels recorded at the site of the Maldon Barge Graveyard in 1981 by the UK Hydrographic Office, but it does not identify the vessels by their name. The records probably refer to this record (British Lion), and the hulked barges Mamgu (EHER 13739) and William Cleverly (EHER 13744), and the information has been accessioned into all three.