This is the information page about the shipwreck Cresswell, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 27.973 N,8 2.054 W (58.679516666667, -8.2808833333333)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: CRESSWELL

Length 38.2 meter, width: 7.1 meter, draught: 3.9, tonnage 275 ton

Cause: ex-william beatty '17. built new for admiralty and sold to fishing industry in 1921. built by smith's dock co ltd, middlesbrough. owned at time of loss by boston deep sea fish and ice co ltd. passage fleetwood for fishing grounds. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. captured & sunk by gunfire from u-41. 6 men lost. (ww2sl, llww2, axis submarine successes & sibi).

Water depth above wreck: 150 meter

Known since: 1939

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 18M NW BY N OF FLANNAN ISLES. (WW2SL, LLWW2, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). GIVES POSN 582800N, 080200W [UND] FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 27.973 N,8 2.054 W

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