Allan Green has kindly provided the following information on the Hans Egede:
"I often wondered what the vessel was and it was not until last year, when back in the village for a visit, that I came across a book "A Pictorial History of Cooling and Cliffe" by Allan Cherry, published by Martins News of 168 Church Street, Cliffe, and found the answer.
"She was then towed to Cubits Town on the Thames. Unfortunately, as the tug Fossa from Gravesend was towing her up Sea Reach the strain on the structure, which had become weakened over the years, proved too much causing her to take in water and sink. After grounding on the Blyth Sands she was beached at Cliffe.