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Castle Eden

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner
1914 Castle Eden Furness Withy & Co. Ltd.

Fate

The West Hartlepool-registered steamship Castle Eden was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-110, (Korvettenkapitan Karl Kroll), 4 miles off Inistrahull Lighthouse, on March 4th, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from the Clyde (Greenock) to Belfast (Loch Swilly), with a cargo of coal and general goods. One life was lost.

McLeod, Morris, fireman/trimmer, 35, born Dundee

 

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