1. Building and first owner

2. Changes of owner and name

3. Convoy SC 7 and loss

4. References

Building and first owner

Robert Duncan and Company of Port Glasgow built the ship for W.S. Miller's Ellaston Steam Ship Company^[5] of Glasgow and completed her as Mariston in 1912.^[1] She had six corrugated furnaces with a combined grate area of {{convert|130|sqft|0}} that heated two 180 lb_f/in² single-ended boilers with a combined heating surface of {{convert|5384|sqft|0}}.^[1] These fed one three-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine built by Rankin and Blackmore of Greenock.^[1] Her engine drove a single screw and was rated at 338 NHP.^[1]

Changes of owner and name

In 1913 Mariston{{'}}s owners sold her to Romania Prima Naţională de Navigație Maritimă,^[5] who renamed her Milcovul and registered her in Brăila^[2] on the River Danube. In August 1916 Romania entered the First World War, and by the end of the year Milcovul had been requisitioned as a transport ship for the Imperial Russian Navy.^[5] In 1918 German Empire forces captured her but that November the Central Powers conceded defeat to the Entente Powers and Milcovul{{'}}s owners recovered her.^[5]

Convoy SC 7 and loss

In autumn 1940 Creekirk loaded 5,900 tons of iron ore at Wabana and Conception Bay in Newfoundland and then sailed to Sydney, Nova Scotia.^[4] There she joined Convoy SC 7, which on 5 October sailed for Liverpool. Creekirk was typical of SC 7's 35 merchant ships: old, slow (one source says she could manage only {{convert|8.5|kn|km/h}})^[6] and vulnerable. Creekirk had only one DEMS professional military gunner:^[4] her armament would have been operated largely by members of her own Merchant Navy crew. At first the convoy had but one escort ship, the {{sclass-|Hastings|sloop}} {{HMS|Scarborough|L25|6}}.

On 16 October a wolf pack of U-boats found SC 7 and quickly overwhelmed its inadequate defences. The attack continued for several days, and on 18 October it intensified as the number of U-boats increased. At 2112 hrs Creekirk was in the Western Approaches northwest of Rockall when Fritz Frauenheim's {{GS|U-101|1940|2}} torpedoed her.^[4] She sank quickly with the loss of all hands: her Master Elie Robilliard, 34 crew and her one DEMS gunner.^[4]

References

• The Street Chestnut Hill
• The Street Corner Society
• The Street (Derbyshire)
• The Streetfighter (1975 film)
• The Street Has Many Dreams
• TheStreet, Inc.
• The Street in Chestnut Hill, MA
• The Street, Lawshall
• The Streetly Academy
• The Streetnix
• The Street of Adventure
• The Street of Adventure (film)
• The Street of Adventure (novel)
• The Street of Forgotten Men
• The Street Player
• The Streets Are Talking
• The Streets Go Disco
• The Streets of Derry
• The Streets of London
• The Streets of London (1934 film)
• The Streets of New York (1939 film)
• The Streets of Paris
• The Streets of Serenade
• The Street Song
• The Streets (song)