HMS Crested Eagle

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Coordinates: 51°04′33″N 2°29′28″E / 51.075920°N 2.4912°E / 51.075920; 2.4912
Jack Spurling - The paddle steamer Crested Eagle.jpg
History
NameCrested Eagle
BuilderJ. Samuel White & Co
Completed1925
FateTaken over by Royal Navy
United Kingdom
NameCrested Eagle
FateSunk 29 May 1940
General characteristics as built
TypePaddle 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.

  • Zuydcoote Beach 37.jpg
  • Zuydcoote Beach 39.jpg
  • Zuydcoote Beach 40.jpg

Citations[]

  1. ^ "HMS Crested Eagle [+1940]". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Crested Eagle". dkepaves.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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