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Creofield

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NameCreofield
Type:Steam tanker
Tonnage838 tons
Completed1928 - Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole 
OwnerHunting & Son Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 
HomeportNewcastle 
Date of attack2 Feb, 1940Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-59 (Harald Jürst)
Position52.33N, 02.25E - Grid AN 8419
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Complement16 (16 dead - no survivors)
Convoy 
RouteLondon - Middlesbrough 
CargoCreosote 
History Built as Athelstan, renamed Creofield 
Notes on loss At 06.24 hours on 2 Feb, 1940, the unescorted Creofield (Master Charles Fred Carlin) was torpedoed and sunk by U-59 east of Lowestoft. The master and 15 crew members were lost. 


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