HMS Crested Eagle
Coordinates: 51°04′33″N 2°29′28″E / 51.075920°N 2.4912°E
History | |
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Name | Crested Eagle |
Builder | J. Samuel White & Co |
Completed | 1925 |
Fate | Taken over by Royal Navy |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Crested Eagle |
Fate | Sunk 29 May 1940 |
General characteristics as built | |
Type | Paddle steamer |
HMS Crested Eagle was a paddle steamer sunk in the Dunkirk evacuation. The ship was built by J. Samuel White & Co in 1925, and was taken over by the Admiralty during the Second World War to be used as a minesweeper. On 29 May 1940 it was attacked by the Germans during the British evacuation from Dunkirk.[1] The ship is now still visible at low spring tide on the beach of Zuydcoote.[2]
Captain of the ship, Lieutenant Commander Bernard Booth.
Citations[]
- ^ "HMS Crested Eagle [+1940]". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Crested Eagle". dkepaves.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 25 April 2019.
Categories:
- World War II shipwrecks in the North Sea
- 1925 ships
- Ships sunk by German aircraft