Crawling From The Wreckage! MV Creteblock, The Scar, Whitby

Heading south from Whitby Pier, towards the area known as The Scar, you find the wreckage of a ship.

Rather surprisingly it is made out of concrete rather than the more traditional wood or steel.

This is the MV Creteblock, one of a number of experimental sea vessels built towards the end of the Great War. They were constructed from a form of concrete in an attempt to save on metal resources for use in the more important manufacture of larger capital warships.

Creteblock missed any action, being launched in 1920 after Fritz had surrendered.

She was used for a number of years as a tug, but ended her days being used as a store at Whitby, North Yorkshire.

After the Second World War (after Fritz had surrendered for a second time), Creteblock was due to be towed out to the North Sea and sunk.

However, due to some kind of error/equipment failure, she slipped free and grounded on The Scar where she has gradually broken apart over the years.