HMS Crested Eagle

51°04′33″N 2°29′28″E / 51.075920°N 2.4912°E / 51.075920; 2.4912
History
United Kingdom
NameCrested Eagle
OwnerGeneral Steam Navigation Co[1]
OperatorUnited Kingdom Royal Navy (1940)
Port of registryUnited Kingdom London
BuilderJ. Samuel White, East Cowes[1]
Launched25 March 1925
CompletedJune 1925
Identification
FateBombed and beached, 1940
General characteristics as built
TypePaddle steamer
Tonnage1,110 GRT, 579 NRT[2]
Length229.7 ft (70.0 m)[2]
Beam34.6 ft (10.5 m)[2]
Depth11.1 ft (3.4 m)[2]
Installed power538 NHP[2]
Propulsiontriple-expansion engines[2]

HMS Crested Eagle was a paddle steamer sunk in the Dunkirk evacuation.[4] J. Samuel White built her in 1925 for the General Steam Navigation Company,[5] and was requisitioned by the Admiralty during the World War II for anti-aircraft duties as part of the Thames Special Service Flotilla.[5][1]

  1. ^ a b c Box, Peter (1 January 1989). Belles of the East Coast: A History of the Belle Fleet and Paddle Steamer Era. Tyndale + Panda Publishing. ISBN 978-1870094085.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Steamers & Motorships". Lloyd's Register of Shipping (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1933. CRA–CRI. Retrieved 19 August 2022 – via Southampton City Council.
  3. ^ "Steamers & Motorships". Lloyd's Register of Shipping (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1934. CRE–CRI. Retrieved 19 August 2022 – via Southampton City Council.
  4. ^ "Dunkirk tribute to hundreds killed on MV Crested Eagle". BBC News. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  5. ^ a b Mace, Martin (30 July 2017). The Royal Navy at Dunkirk: Commanding Officers' Reports of British Warships In Action During Operation Dynamo. Frontline Books. ISBN 978-1473886728.