| HMS Crested Eagle | |
|---|---|
| Jack Spurling - The paddle steamer Crested Eagle.jpg | |
| Career | |
| Name: | Crested Eagle |
| Builder: | J. Samuel White & Co |
| Completed: | 1925 |
| Fate: | Taken over by Royal Navy |
| Career (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]
References[]
- ↑ "HMS Crested Eagle [+1940"]. wrecksite.eu. https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?139. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ↑ "Crested Eagle" (in french). dkepaves.free.fr. http://dkepaves.free.fr/html/crested_eagle.htm. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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