This is the information page about the shipwreck Lake edon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 27.618 N,5 7.598 W (50.460300, -5.126633)

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: LAKE EDON

Length 76.5 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 2371 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1918 by american shipbuilding corporation. owned at time of loss by the united states shipping board. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 326 nhp, single shaft. passage from barry under sealed orders. torpedoed by u-107. 18 men lost. (der krieg zur see, dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 6M SW OF TREVOSE HEAD. (LL WW1). H2959/73 19.9.73 H2959/73 19.9.73 LOCATED IN 502733N, 050736W USING DECCA. LYING SE/NW, BOWS SE. SCATTERED REMAINS, CAST IRON PROP, ANCHORS. MAX HT 12-14FT. EST. 750-1200TONS IRON CONTENT. E/S DEPTH 75 IN GEN DEPTH 97FT. (E GILES, 18.9.73). CHART AS USC 23MTRS. BR STD. H2959/73 23.7.74 H2959/73 23.7.74 NOW ESTIMATED AT 2000TONS. STATED TO BE LAKE EDEN (?LAKE EDON) BY LOCAL FISHERMEN. NO SIGN OF CARGO - POSSIBLY ALREADY SALVAGED. WK UPRIGHT BUT FLATTENED. GEN HT 8FT WITH DAVITS 11FT; BOILER & ENGINE 10FT & SECOND LOT OF DAVITS 15FT. GOOD VISIBILITY. (E GILES). NFA. H1310/87/38 20.10.87 H1310/87/38 20.10.87 DIVED ON IN 502733N, 050734W. WK HAS COLLAPSED WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME AND SHOWS DAMAGE TO PORT SIDE. TWO BOILERS AND STEEL PROPELLER FOUND BUT NO POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION. NO SIGNS OF CARGO. (P CORNISH). HH100/351/04 18.3.91 HH100/351/04 18.3.91 DIVED IN AREA OF 502724N, 050837W USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH AT LW ON 27.5.85 WAS 32 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. (R A MAPPLEBECK, 6.1.91). NCA. 23.11.11 23.11.11 LOCATED 14.10.09 IN 5027.618N, 0507.598W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.57 IN GEN DEPTH 34.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 85.0MTRS, WIDTH 25.7MTRS, HT 3.23MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS WITH BOWS NNW. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). AMEND WK 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, BOWS NNW

Position: 50 27.618 N,5 7.598 W

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