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Report - Cretetree, Isle of Scalpay, Isle of Harris - June 2011

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greenhac

28DL Full Member
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Came across this concrete barge by chance whilst on holiday.

Build in Aberdeen in 1919 it is belived to have to have been in Scapa Flow during WW2. Some point after 1955 it was taken to the Isle of Scalpay and has been used by local fishermen for mooring and gear storage.
More history at Aberdeen Ships & Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

Aerial View /Maps

1)
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2) Signs of it's London ownership
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3) One of the partially flooded cargo bunkers
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4) Precariously balanced lobster pots
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5)
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6) Rusty Nuts
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7) Some of the panels have deteriorated pretty badly
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8) Some sort of pressured container from it's propulsion system, any ideas??
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Thecretefleet

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Cretetree was acquired by John. W. Robertson, a Shetland Islands entrepreneur based Lerwick. Along with Creterampart, she was used to salvage 4 German torpedo boats at Scapa Flow (the German WW1 fleet scuttled there). She ended up at Stornaway and then was bought by the Cunninghams at Scalpay with a view to her becoming a quay / pier. Grounded on the way in, been there ever since. One of only three surviving WW1 concrete barges of its type (still recognisable as vessels as opposed to quays or wrecks). There are also three serving tugs from the same WW1 fleet. My website www.thecretefleet.com or my social media @Thecretefleet provides more info . . .
 

Thecretefleet

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Came across this concrete barge by chance whilst on holiday.

Build in Aberdeen in 1919 it is belived to have to have been in Scapa Flow during WW2. Some point after 1955 it was taken to the Isle of Scalpay and has been used by local fishermen for mooring and gear storage.
More history at Aberdeen Ships & Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

Aerial View /Maps

1)
DSCF8170.jpg


2) Signs of it's London ownership
DSCF8169.jpg


3) One of the partially flooded cargo bunkers
IMGP9211.jpg


4) Precariously balanced lobster pots
IMGP9206.jpg


5)
IMGP9192.jpg


6) Rusty Nuts
IMGP9202.jpg


7) Some of the panels have deteriorated pretty badly
IMGP9199.jpg


8) Some sort of pressured container from it's propulsion system, any ideas??
IMGP9198.jpg
Cretetree was a barge, it didn't;t have propulsion. The boilers were to power winches etc
 
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