This is the information page about the shipwreck Creteboom, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 8.152 N,9 8.29 W (54.136283333333, -9.13955)

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: CRETEBOOM

Length 38.1 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 685 ton

Cause: 22.9.1937 built in 1919 by john ver mehr, shorham, sussex. due to shortage of steel ferroconcrete used. 154 units ordered, including 24 tugs. intended to tow barges of iron ore from spain to uk. triple expansion engine, single shaft. was abandoned in a yorkshire port and was bought by moy harbour commissioners, balimena, to be sunk on the bar in killala bay to reduce siltation. arrived ballina on 22.9.1937. came in lashed alongside a hull registered tug 'pressman'. whilst crossing the bar, due to heavy weather, the vessels impacted heavily and creteboom was cracked below the waterline. damage not suspected until alongside, where frantic efforts were made to keep her afloat, but to no avail. the hull was ordered away from the jetty and she settled in mid stream, where she remained for over 30 years. she was refloated in the mid 1970s and moved 25 yards to present position.

Year of registration: 1937

Water depth above wreck: 0 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1937, last detected: 1994

Details measurements/cartography: 17.4.75 STRANDED WRECK NOTED HIGH AND DRY ON A SAND BANK IN MIDSTREAM, IN 540808.5N, 090815W [OGB]. (AIR PHOTOGRAPH 155 NO.832 DATED 1967/68) INS AS ST. NC 2715. HH351/100/08 2.8.94 DETAILS OF LOSS IN THIS FILE. WHEN VESSEL WAS REFLOATED IN 1970'S AND MOVED TO PRESENT POSN IT WAS TO ACT AS A SAND BARRIER ON MOY BAR. CRETEBOOM IS THE LARGER OF THE TWO WRECKS IN PHOTO SUPPLIED. (N O'NEILL LTR DTD 26.7.94)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: FERRO CONCRETE HULL

Position: 54 8.152 N,9 8.29 W

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