HMS Cressy

Type:
Armored Cruiser
Class:
Builder:
Fairfield Shipbuilding &
Engineering Co. Ltd.
Govan, Scotland

Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
December 4, 1899
Keel Laid:
October 12, 1898
Commissioned:


May 28, 1901
Fate:
Sunk Sept. 22, 1914 by SMS U-9 (torpedo).

Location: North Sea, 27 miles northwest of the Hook of Holland.
(52.15N - 03.51E)

At least 561 crewmen killed, about 87 survivors picked up by Dutch ships.
(Roll of Honour)




Ship's Data
Page published Nov. 16, 2008