SS Creekirk
Cargo steamship sunk during World War II / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SS Creekirk was a cargo steamship that was built in Scotland in 1912 and sunk with all hands by a German submarine in 1940. At her launch in 1912 she was named SS Mariston. In her 28-year career she was renamed SS Milcovul in 1913, SS Hyphaestos in 1933 and SS Creekirk in 1938.[1]
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History | |
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Romania, Greece, UK | |
Name | |
Namesake |
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Owner | |
Operator | Muir Young Ltd.[1] (1938–40) |
Port of registry | |
Builder | Robert Duncan & Co, Port Glasgow[1] |
Launched | 21 February 1912 |
Completed | May 1912[1] |
Out of service | 18 October 1940 |
Identification |
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Fate | torpedoed and sunk by U-101 |
General characteristics | |
Type | cargo steamship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 353.3 ft (107.7 m)[1] |
Beam | 51.1 ft (15.6 m)[1] |
Draught | 21 ft 10 in (6.65 m)[1] |
Depth | 23.8 ft (7.3 m)[1] |
Installed power | 338 NHP[1] |
Propulsion | triple-expansion steam engine;[1] single screw[1] |
Speed | 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h) |
Crew | 35 + 1 DEMS gunner[4] |
Sensors and processing systems | direction finding apparatus[1] |
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