German warship wreck off Kent coast given heritage protection
by Mark Brown Arts correspondent from on (#54B7G)
Memorial to 284 men in Folkestone cemetery also to be listed at Grade II
The wreck of a German battleship that sank in the Channel in 1878 after being accidentally rammed has been given heritage protection.
Historic England said a memorial in a Folkestone cemetery to the 284 men who lost their lives on the SMS Grosser Kurfurst would also be listed at Grade II.
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