Creteboom

Name: Creteboom
Address: IE

Tug in Ireland, dating from 1937

During WWI iron was needed for the massive munitions production and became in scarce supply. The loss of over 6,000 steel-built ships and submarines along with their cargoes (approx. 14,000,000 ton) put further pressures on limited wartime steel resources and concrete was seen as a potential alternative given that it was in ready supply. Towards the end of World War I, production began on several fleets of concrete ships - of the 154 ships and 24 tugboats ordered by the British Admiralty, only 4

Type:: Tug
Period:: 1937
Coordinates:: 54.14°N, 9.14°W

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