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Signatories: G.M.Ritchie, A.N.Gowan

CRETEBOW (s.tug) Yard.no: ? (Off.no.: 143408)
Lch: 1919.07.31, Compl: 1919.
306 grt, 0 nrt
Dim: 38,10 x 8,38 x 4,50 m.
Engine: T.3-cyl., 750 ihp., 1 scr.,  Central Marine Engine Works, West Hartlepool.
Owners:
1917: Ordered as CT 25
1919: Completed for The Shipping Controller, London, U.K. as CRETEBOW
1921: Transferred to the Board of Trade
1922. Crete Shipping Co. Ltd., London, U.K. (mgr: Stelp & Leighton Ltd.).
1924.05.: Dismantled

CRETESTEM (s.tug) (Off.no: 143954) Yard.no: ?.
Build 1919.
306 grt, 0 nrt.
Dim: 38,10 x 8,43 x 3,86 m.
Engine: T.3-cyl., 750 ihp, 1 scr.,  McColl & Pollock Ltd., Sunderland.
Owners:
1917: Ordered as CT 26.
1919: Completed for The Shipping Controller, London, U.K. as CRETESTEM.
1921: Transferred to the Board of Trade, London, U.K.
1922: Crete Shipping Co. Ltd., London, U.K. (mgr: Stelp & Leighton Ltd).
1935:  Samuel Levy, South Shields, U.K.
1935: South Stockton Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Stockton for scrapping.
1937: Dismantled
1940: Hull bombed and sunk in Hendon Dock, Sunderland - remains later dumped at sea.

Cancelled orders:    CT 27 - 30
                                       2 x CT (unofficial order) 

Thanks to David Asprey, U.K. for updating help on this page

Last update 2003.03.25.