| Name: | CREST |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 13/10/1897 |
| Completed: | 11/1897 |
| Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | 67 |
| Dimensions: | 2861grt, 1814nrt, 320.0 x 46.0 x 21.4ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 39ins), 240nhp |
| Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton on Tees |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 106625 |
| History: | |
| 11/1897 | Crest Shipping Co (Dent & Co), Newcastle |
| 1900 | GL Premuda, Trieste; renamed DOROTEA |
| 1902 | Dorotea SS Co Ltd, Trieste |
| 1909 | SA di Nav a Vapore GL Premuda, Trieste |
| 1911 | Forth & Clyde Steam Ship Co, Glasgow; renamed CREST |
| 1914 | Leonhardt & Blumberg, Hamburg; renamed JOHANNA BLUMBERG |
| 1920 | UK Shipping Controller, London |
| 1920 | Government of Greece, Piraeus |
| 1922 | Renamed THRAKI |
| 1924 | George Nicolaou, Piraeus |
| 1927 | M Nicolaou, Piraeus |
| 1930 | Kassos Steam Navigation Co, Syra; renamed POLI |
| 1933 | A Alexatos & M Rodiades, Syra |
| 1935 | Emmanuel N Vintiadis, Syra |
| 02/04/1937 | Sank |
| Comments: | 02/04/1937: Shelled and sunk by the Spanish Nationalist cruiser BALEARES |
| off San Antioco, whilst on a voyage from Bagnoli to Melilla in ballast |
Above photo as CREST courtesy of George Robinson
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 14/10/1897