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HMS
Cressy was a
Cressy-class armoured cruiser in the
Royal Navy.
Cressy was sunk by the German U-boat
U-9 in September 1914.
Shortly after the outbreak of the
First World War in August 1914,
Aboukir and her sister ships
Bacchante,
Euryalus,
Hogue and
Cressy were assigned to patrol the
Broad Fourteens of the
North Sea, in support of a force of destroyers and submarines based at Harwich which blocked the Eastern end of the English Channel from German warships attempting to attack the supply route between England and France. Because the smaller vessels were unable to operate in rough seas, the cruisers often formed the front line. As the cruisers were obsolescent, this was referred to as the "
Live Bait Squadron".
At around 6 am on
22 September the three cruisers were steaming at in line ahead and they were spotted by the
U-9, commanded by Lt.
Otto Weddigen. Although they were not zigzagging, all of the ships had lookouts posted to search for periscopes and one gun on each side of each ship was manned.
Weddigen ordered his submarine to submerge and closed the range to the unsuspecting British ships. At close range, he fired a single
torpedo at the
Aboukir. The torpedo broke the back of the
Aboukir and she sank within 20 minutes with the loss of 527 men.
The captains of the
Cressy and
Hogue thought the
Aboukir had struck a floating
mine and came forward to assist her. They stood by and began to pick up survivors. At this point, Weddigen fired two torpedoes into the
Hogue, mortally wounding that ship. As the
Hogue sank, the captain of the
Cressy realised that the squadron was being attacked by a submarine, and tried to flee. However, Weddigen fired two more torpedoes into the
Cressy, and sank her as well.
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