{W!P} - Creteblock Wreck Whitby

Low tide enabled a visit to these remains, which the sea is gradually breaking up.
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The MV Creteblock was constructed in Shoreham around 1919/20 from reinforced concrete rather than steel which was in short supply during World War 1 (although it was completed too late to see active service).
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Smiths Dock (Teeside) used the vessel as a tug until 1934/1935 when she was brought to Whitby to be scrapped, the ship deteriorated there until 1947 when she was finally to be scuttled in deep water, however the boat sank in shallow water just outside the harbour and was later blown up.
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Sister ship the "Cretewheel" was stranded at Newbiggin by the sea in 1920s. The pieces are rather smaller.

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Low tide enabled a visit to these remains, which the sea is gradually breaking up.
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The MV Creteblock was constructed in Shoreham around 1919/20 from reinforced concrete rather than steel which was in short supply during World War 1 (although it was completed too late to see active service).
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Smiths Dock (Teeside) used the vessel as a tug until 1934/1935 when she was brought to Whitby to be scra…  (read more)

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