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Captain Joe Baker-Cresswell
1902 - 1997
Captured in 1941 the first U-boat - U-110
Captain Joe Baker-Cresswell
During the first week of March 1997, Captain Joe Baker-Cresswell passed away. He was captain of the British destroyer HMS Bulldog, which captured U-110. This led to a breakthrough in the decrypting of German U-boat codes.
He was born on 2nd February, 1902 and served in the Royal Navy from 1919. Late in 1940 he was appointed captain of the destroyer Bulldog, also leading the 3rd Escort Group. In that position he captured on 9th may, 1941 the U-110 and saved some of encryption equipment. (See also our U-110 page).
He retired in 1951 and lived from then on in his native Northumberland, where he farmed.
