Cressy
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Cressy can refer to:
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[edit] Places
- Cressy, Tasmania, a town in Tasmania.
- Cressy, Victoria, a town in Victoria (Australia).
- Cressy, Seine-Maritime, a commune in France.
- Cressy, Switzerland, a village in the municipality of Bernex
[edit] Ships
- Cressy (ship), a passenger ship to New Zealand in 1850.
- Cressy class cruiser, a class of ships.
- HMS Cressy (1899), the first of the Cressy class cruisers.
- Cressy, the canal boat of L. T. C. Rolt, credited with starting the restoration movement for English canals with the publication of Narrow Boat (1944).
[edit] People
- Hugh Paulinus de Cressy, an English Benedictine monk of the 17th century.
[edit] Events
- The Battle of Cressy (also known as the Battle of Crécy) was one of the most significant battles of the Hundred Years' War.