History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Crested Eagle |
Owner | General Steam Navigation Co[1] |
Operator | Royal Navy (1940) |
Port of registry | London |
Builder | J. Samuel White, East Cowes[1] |
Launched | 25 March 1925 |
Completed | June 1925 |
Identification |
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Fate | Bombed and beached, 1940 |
General characteristics as built | |
Type | Paddle steamer |
Tonnage | 1,110 GRT, 579 NRT[2] |
Length | 229.7 ft (70.0 m)[2] |
Beam | 34.6 ft (10.5 m)[2] |
Depth | 11.1 ft (3.4 m)[2] |
Installed power | 538 NHP[2] |
Propulsion | triple-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]