This is the information page about the shipwreck Castle eden, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 19.279 N,7 3.335 W (55.30775, -7.0756333333333)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: CASTLE EDEN

Length 86.3 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1949 ton
Load: timber,coal

Cause: built in 1914 by irvine's shipbuilding co ltd, hartlepool. owned at time of loss by furness, withy & co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 175 nhp, single shaft. machinery by richardson, westgarth co ltd, hartlepool. passage greenock for lough swilly. torpedoed by u 110. on eman lost. (ww1sl, ll ww1 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H1470/18 26.3.18 H1470/18 26.3.18 POSN 551930N, 070330W. (NO BUNCRANA, TELEGRAM). 5.4.18 5.4.18 SANK 4M SSE OF INISHTRAHULL LT HO. (BOT; OWNERS). H6391/19 9.3.20 H6391/19 9.3.20 NOW CHARTED AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] IN 551930N, 070330W. 9.2.25 9.2.25 NOW CHARTED AS DW. (HYDRO). NC 1825A. H4784/59 11.11.59 H4784/59 11.11.59 COULD NOT BE FOUND BY A/S OROPESA SWEEP. UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH USING E/S ABANDONED. CONSIDERED NO LONGER A DANGER TO NAVIGATION. COULD BE NDW LOCATED IN 552215N, 071155W. (HMS VIDAL, JULY 1959).

- NM 2693/59. H2265/73 13.6.73 H2265/73 13.6.73 NOW CHARTED AS USC 15MTRS [8FMS]. NC 2811 & NM 1908/73. HH100/351/04 8.2.91 HH100/351/04 8.2.91 LOCATED IN 552339.5N, 070411W. LIES VERY BROKEN ON FLAT SANDY SEABED. ONLY A FEW GIRDERS AND PLATES REMAIN UPRIGHT. OTHERWISE GENERAL DEBRIS FLUSH WITH SEABED. DIFFICULT TO LOCATE WITH E/S. IN STRONG TIDAL AREA. LOCALS CLAIM TO REMEMBER HER MASTS SHOWING AT ALL STATES OF TIDE AND THAT SHE WAS DISPERSED BY EXPLOSIVES. (P MCGUNNESS, 4.1.91). [22.1.93 THIS NOW THOUGHT TO REFER TO ARGO DELOS - SEE 006000228]. BR STD. HH100/351/06 11.12.92 HH100/351/06 11.12.92 CASTLE EDEN STATED TO LIE, SOMEWHAT FLATTENED, IN 551930N, 070330W. (DR N SOTHY, 24.11.92). NCA YET. HH100/351/06 22.1.93 HH100/351/06 22.1.93 LOCATED IN 551928N, 070327W [?OSI]. LEAST DEPTH 17 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS BY DIVER. (DR N SOTHY, 12.1.93). AMEND TO WK PA 17MTRS.

- NM 433/93. 2.2.00 2.2.00 LIES IN 3 SECTIONS IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. UPTURNED STERN SECTION RISES 7MTRS FROM THE SEABED. (DIVER MAGAZINE FEB 2000). 14.2.08 14.2.08 LIES IN 5519.361N, 0703.382W [WGD]. COLLAPSED. ACROSS THE TIDE WITH BOWS OFFSHORE. (DIVER MAGAZINE, APRIL 2008). NCA. HH091/241/01 17.10.08 HH091/241/01 & SEP 2008/000086143 17.10.08 EXAM'D 17.4.08 IN 5519.2797N, 0703.3353W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.0 IN GEN DEPTH 29.9MTRS. SCOUR 0.8MTR DEEP EXTENDS 33MTRS TOWARDS 120 DEGS. IN THREE PIECES WITH OVERALL LENGTH 83.4MTRS, WIDTH 114MTRS, HT 26.0MTRS (SIC). LIES 095/265 DEGS. THREE PORTIONS HAVE: LENGTH 15.3MTRS, LEAST DEPTH 26.0MTRS; LENGTH 30.7MTRS, LEAST DEPTH 27.1MTRS & LENGTH 12.9MTRS, LEAST DEPTH 28.3MTRS. (MARINE INSTITUTE OF IRELAND, JOINT IRISH BATHY SURVEY PROJECT). AMEND WK 26MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 25.2.14 SEP 2014/000357199 25.2.14 LEAST DEPTH 27.58MTRS. (GSI). AMEND WK 27.5MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LIES IN 3 SECTIONS

Position: 55 19.279 N,7 3.335 W

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