Cresswell (SS)

Steel Steamship in Ireland, dating from 1918

UKHO wreck no. 009101421. Chart symbol 96 wk. A 2,829-ton steel steamship of Greenock, en route from Glasgow to Gibraltar with a cargo of coal. Built in 1917 by Gray, W. & Co. Ltd. in West Hartlepool. Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-46. No lives lost. Lies in a general sea depth of 107m (least depth 97m). Wreck measures L. 70m x B. 16m x H. 11m. Lies intact, upside-down, orientated NE–SW.

Type:

Steel Steamship

Period:

1918

Coordinates:

53.52°N, 5.50°W

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